How responsive should a government be to its people? | No. 171 — November 21, 2021
Wisconsin Republicans, who hold a supermajority of legislative seats despite winning only a small majority of votes, are setting the stage to overturn the results of the next election
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”
— US Constitution, Article IV Section 4
“… the vital principle of republican government is the lex majoris partis, the will of the majority”
— James Madison, 1834
“… a key characteristic of a democracy is the continuing responsiveness of the governm…
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