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TODAY’S CIVICS LESSON comes from a Portland Press Herald article about something called “people’s veto” where people can collect signatures to have a ballot initiative to veto a law passed by the state. The idea of which threatens the ability of our republican form of government to rule.

This is why our republican form of government is superior to so-called ‘direct democracy’ an expert says:

…politicians have more time and resources to carefully study issues than the voters do, and lawmakers develop “a more informed position” on issues as a result.
[Portland Press Herald: Power to the people]

Heh. Well, even if so, “a more informed position” can be “more informed” by a lot of different things. Least of which, it seems in a lot of cases, is the “Will of the People.”

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