American Democracy: The Ideal Republic

These United States of America were founded on the principle of freedom of individual choice as opposed to obligatory obedience to the word of unelected Monarch, to the end that the will of its citizenry may be demonstrated in the operation of national government. In the American Republic, the national government is composed of representatives who are elected to voice the will of its constituency. However, when presented with new information that was previously unknown to its constituency, that representative will vote according to its conscience; without regard for the will of the people it is employed to represent. This illustrates a clear departure from the concept of a “government of, by, and for the people”. The process of information dissemination, when accessing that information’s legislative value, must be learned and practiced by each person who claim’s citizenship in a self-governing nation; each citizen voting on every piece of proposed legislation. This enables a true Democracy, whereby the will of the majority is always expressed in law.
Some argue that a true majority rule will leave the minority voice unspoken in governmental matters. I argue that in such cases where obvious distortions of ethics and correctness yield laws which alienate or operate in opposition to freedom or safety of even a portion of the citizenry, then such laws and that government must be altered. I quote:
“… life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness…”
Each state government, being a sub-division of the larger national government, is obligated to design its laws according to the principles of the national government, yet tailoring its regional civilization to best provide for the responsible reflection of the will of the citizens of that state. This is the agreement signed by every citizen of this self-governing nation. To irresponsibly designate laws which deliberately are destructive to the life, liberty, or the pursuit of ANY citizen’s happiness, is to defer from the principle foundation on which this nation is built. So, in the light of modern methods of communication, including the internet, let us further consider tailoring our government to guarantee more pure expression of the will of the majority, determined by actual vote; and leave the conscience of a representative to be expressed only in matters of national security.