Bb5a31f81ClaimIn October 2020, Utah Senator Mike Lee criticized rank democracy, asserting that the objective of governance is human flourishing rather than democracy itselfAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimDemocratic political equality requires threshold process rights among citizens, including voting rights and freedom of speechAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLegal scholar Aziz Rana characterized American civic veneration of the United States Constitution as a constitutional creedAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimComplex regulatory regimes lacking popular political consent face stability risks when distributing economic burdens and gainsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimDemocracy is defined by Jedediah Purdy as a decision process of majority rule among political equalsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimTechnocratic governance removes distributive decisions and core value judgments from deliberate collective popular choiceAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimShunting value-laden political decisions to expert institutions subjects those bodies to intense partisan pressure and conflictAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimConstitutional entrenchment establishes fundamental higher law that governs ordinary lawmaking across generationsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimArticle V of the United States Constitution establishes the formal mechanism for constitutional amendmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPolitical questions are collective decisions that establish the fundamental legal terms of shared societal lifeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnited States Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson articulated the principle that the Constitution is not a suicide pactAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAristotle characterized democratic government appointments as functioning by lottery and oligarchic appointments as functioning by electionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn Terry Bouricius's sortition framework, statistically representative Policy Juries vote on whether draft bills proposed by Review Panels become legally binding lawAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimTerry Bouricius proposes a multi-body governance model by sortition consisting of Agenda Councils, Review Panels, Policy Juries, and Rules and Oversight CouncilsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn Terry Bouricius's sortition framework, Rules and Oversight Councils chosen by lottery establish operational rules, speaking limits, and compensation for all participating governing bodiesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFollowing the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland organized a 950-person randomly selected National Assembly to draft principles for a new national constitutionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn Terry Bouricius's sortition framework, Review Panels draft proposed bills based on Agenda Council priorities but lack the authority to enact them into lawAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe founding philosophy of the United States was rooted in the premise that human life is perfectible on EarthAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimArticle VI of the United States Constitution provides that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United StatesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimArticle I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution prohibits states from passing legislation that impairs the obligation of contractsAgreeDisagree