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SOURCE: Bloomberg Opinion
10/8/2020
Yes, Mike Lee, America is a Democracy
by Jonathan Bernstein
Mike Lee's insistence that the US is "a republic" and not "a democracy" is a petty distinction that ignores the historically interchangeable usage of the terms in American politics in order to justify undemocratic rule by a minority party.
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SOURCE: New York Magazine
10/8/2020
Republican Senator Blurts Out That He Hates Democracy
Jonathan Chait says that Senator Mike Lee's insistence that the US is a republic and not a democracy is not a point of constitutional principle but a political defense of minority rule.
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