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Tag: James Madison republic

New II Issue Paper Rebuts Myth that Citizen Review of Laws and Taxes Violates the Republican Form

If you are exposed to enough politics, sooner or later you’ll hear the old saw that the U.S. is “a republic and not a democracy.” Along with that saying goes the following claim: Allowing voter initiatives and referenda is unconstitutional: If a state lets voters enact laws or veto tax hikes, the state is too […]

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