It has of late become en vogue, at least in some circles, to claim that the United States, rather than a democracy is, in fact, a republic. This begs the question: What’s the difference? Recently, I ...

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan speaks with Trump supporters rejecting President Biden's "protecting democracy" platform by saying the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy. "America's not a democracy, it's a ...

The words we use can make a difference in the way we think. For instance, I have received more than one email talking about “demonrats” instead of Democrats. “Republicans” can be mutated into ...

Mercyhurst University professor and political science department chair Joseph Morris views a particular course as the most important he teaches. His Introduction to American Government class is an ...

When I started school in 1949, we started each day with the Pledge of Allegiance, which contains the lines: “And to the republic for which it stands.” When I took history and civics classes in high ...

Neither "republic" nor "representative democracy" necessarily have to involve all of the public. To the extent that democracies have been a thing in the past 2,500 years, limited suffrage has been the ...

Suppose that you’re walking down the street and you come to an intersection. There is a man standing there with his dog. You sidle up next to him and say, “Hey, nice dog!” Now suppose that the man ...

America is both a democracy and a republic. Citizens hold supreme power, and so America is a republic. At the same time, it is obviously a representative democracy. Moreover, they have nominated ...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better ...

The other day, CNN's Donie O'Sullivan tried to make Trump fans who repeat this factual contention look like a bunch of dumb, lock stepping authoritarians. To explain the problem, CNN even recruited ...

Regularly, we hear all over the radio and TV "this democracy" or "our democracy" or our "democratic process." Do we understand what a democratic government is? There are many examples, both past and ...