How does direct democracy challenge the theoretical assumptions of representative democracy?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. The U.S. Founders believed that representatives working in competing branches (executive and legislative) would check each other with overlapping powers, would filter the passions of their constituents through a deliberative process, and would find compromises in their quest to make good public policy. The forms of direct democracy available to Californians are not suited for deliberation or compromise, or "checks" against the tyranny of the majority; they offer "take-them-or-leave-them" solutions that (with difficulty) can only be replaced with another alternative, not amended.
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Tax collection became easier and governmental cash flow became steadier when Congress authorized
a. Social Security payments. b. tax withholding. c. the Bank of the United States. d. the Federal Reserve System. e. the New Deal.
A war launched to eliminate a perceived threat before it materializes is referred to as which of the following?
a. War of necessity b. Preventive war c. Preemptive war d. Just-war doctrine