This, of course, is at the heart of representative democracy: that we elect people to make decisions on our behalf. If most Americans disagree that this is working well, that’s a threat to ...

All eligible voters choose them. A legitimate alternative to the word “republic” is “representative democracy.” Somehow, Republicans are afraid of that term. The recent letter that ...

We’ve seen plenty of evidence lately of the deep polarization in this country. Even in the midst of this crisis, national politicians, the political parties, and their adherents are finding ...

Call me naive, but I’ve never quite gotten why some politicians want to limit voters’ ability to cast their ballots. Sure, I know that plenty of people like to flip the classic ...

By Austin Sarat It is hard enough to promote or save democracy when the public is relatively united in its desire to do so. The experience of the “color revolutions” in former Soviet Republics offers ...

Now’s the time to make the House more representative. We’ve got ideas.

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

But a representative democracy is predicated on two fundamental assumptions. One is that the government that emerges from such a democracy reflects the genuine will and consent of the majority of ...