“But over time, the executive branch grew exceedingly powerful. Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander in chief role and removed constraints on its power. By the second half of the 20th century, the republic was routinely fighting wars without its legislative branch, Congress, declaring war, as the Constitution required. With Congress often paralyzed by political conflict, presidents increasingly governed by edicts.”

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    Yes, that is the general answer for who gets to vote. But as I describe, that doesn’t guarantee fair.

    Chattel slavery is incompatible with liberal democracy. There’s no fuzzy area to debate the point.

    I’m not arguing that a restricted voter population is a good thing. I’m arguing that it’s still a democracy

    For any policy authored by the enfranchised majority that impacts the disenfranchised minority, its passage and execution is categorically and indisputably undemocratic.

    And the Wright Flyer was an airplane.

    That stayed airborn for 12 seconds.