Representational democracy, so far so good.

Minimal government interference in our lives – or keep out of your lives. Not so good, and eroding. This is all about civil liberties, women’s health rights (abortion), free speech, etc. and at the moment we are losing rights that we had 10 years ago, and didn’t have 50 years ago, so things change.

Easy answer – look at the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, and see where we are on each one. Overall, we are doing OK, and compared to many other nations, we have kept our core values intact for 200 + years after throwing off the yoke of British Tyranny.

http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20031105.pdf

Try and do the work yourself .. this is obviously an assignment. We should not DO it for you!