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What Is Democracy? Is Democracy Dead in America..?

Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or their elected agents under a free electoral system. - www.dictionary.com

This definition is basically saying that we have the power. That as the people of this country we control the government and we should have to most say in what we do as a country. This is what our founding fathers intended of this government because they didn't want it to turn into a monarchy (a government where one person or family rules the entire country).

Based on the definition above I do think our democracy is dead, because I don't think that we the people have the most power in our country anymore. I don't really believe that we have a lot of say in what our government does. Our government is starting to become fairly corrupt. It is dying and I think the next president we have is going to kill it!

The Amazing Judicial System!

There are three different sections of the judicial branch, District Courts, Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Congress has the power to establish other courts. For example, in 1789 around the time of the very first congress, the District and Appeals courts were created, they are called the lower courts.

The District Courts decide both criminal and civil acts in states. District Courts are the courts of the States. They mostly decide cases against a person who commits a crime against a person, or persons. They also settle cases where one person sues another person.

The Courts of Appeals handle the cases that were appealed from a District Court. The defendant then has another chance to prove that he/she are innocent. If the court finds them innocent, the defendant is free to go but if the court finds the defendant guilty, they have one more chance to appeal their case to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the nation. The Supreme court helps to interpret the constitution to decide whether a law is unfair or not. The Supreme Court also has the power to help the congress pass laws. The Supreme court rules in all the cases regarding treaties, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls and Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States;—between a State and Citizens of another State;—between Citizens of different States;—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

To check the powers of both the executive and legislative branches, the judicial branch can veto and pass laws.