Comments on: Top 10 Reasons our Constitution is Undemocratic http://blog.oup.com/2006/10/top_10_reasons_/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jean http://blog.oup.com/2006/10/top_10_reasons_/#comment-51877 Jean Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:02:12 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/10/top_10_reasons_our_constitution_is_undemocratic/#comment-51877 I think that whether or not it's democratic is debateable and a matter of opinion. To present your definition of democracy as fact is misleading. I think that whether or not it’s democratic is debateable and a matter of opinion. To present your definition of democracy as fact is misleading.

]]> By: Tigger23505 http://blog.oup.com/2006/10/top_10_reasons_/#comment-326 Tigger23505 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:34:06 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/10/top_10_reasons_our_constitution_is_undemocratic/#comment-326 Maybe our esteemed author should re-read the federalist and anti-federalist papers. There is a very good reason why the constitution as originally written should appear undemocratic, it is. The authors of the constitution intended for the US to be a Representative Republic. They had a strong distrust of what we now call consensus, they fully intended that the constitution would be "undemocratic." The "Wyoming problem" was a deliberate act on the part of constitutions authors. There are several reasons why there are two houses in the legislative branch. As well as reasons for one house to be proportionally represented and one house to consider all states alike. Maybe our esteemed author should re-read the federalist and anti-federalist papers. There is a very good reason why the constitution as originally written should appear undemocratic, it is.

The authors of the constitution intended for the US to be a Representative Republic. They had a strong distrust of what we now call consensus, they fully intended that the constitution would be “undemocratic.”

The “Wyoming problem” was a deliberate act on the part of constitutions authors. There are several reasons why there are two houses in the legislative branch. As well as reasons for one house to be proportionally represented and one house to consider all states alike.

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