Medea Vs. Dante

How Democratic is the Constitution?

In the dictionary definition, democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is, vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." The constitution is a perfect example of this. The first amendment in the Bill of Rights states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Which protects the people's right to practice religion, to speak freely, to assemble, to address the government and of the press to publish.

The United States has a representative democracy, in which people elect official

s to make political decisions, like forming laws. Since the people vote for the official

s, the official

s get together and deliberate ina complex manner. We the people choose thoose officails by voting for who we feel best suits the job. The Constitution established an electoral college as a compromise between direct election by congress. The voting is left to the states, the fifteen amendment gave all citzens that right to be able to vote.

The four amendment guards against unreasonable searches, arrests, and seizures of property. The way I recall it is the only way someone can be searched is if the official

has a warrant stating why he/she is being searched without that nothing can be done. I think that is very democratic officials need specifc reasons to do a search of anyone's property, which constitutes the beginning of The Declaration Of Indepence which states, "...that all men are created equal, that tey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Also, something else I feel is democratic is the seventh amendment, which states, "In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be perserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law." Every person who feels something was taken or not given to them that is worth more than twenty dollars have the right to go to trial. Therefore, the beginning of The Declaration of Indepence comes in again with the freedom of property.

My favorite of all amendments is the fifth one, I feel out of all of them this