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NCID

  • What is NCID?
    • Citizens Amendment
    • Citizens Legislative Procedures Act
    • FAQ
    • Comparison to State Law
    • Video Explanation
    • Test your Knowledge
      • Quiz #1
      • Quiz #2
      • Quiz #3
      • Quiz #4
      • Quiz #5
  • Endorsements
  • History of NCID
    • First Principle
    • Timeline
      • Dear America Film Promo Videos
      • Maine 2002
      • Daniela Bozhinova
    • Early Rumination
    • News
    • Trade-offs
    • 2002 Democracy Symposium
      • Audio Recordings
        • Anatomy of a representative
        • Ballot Fatigue
        • Beedham
        • Deliberative committee
        • Deliberative lawmaking
        • Election is legal?
        • Fair compensation
        • Government media
        • Guarantee Clause
        • History of I&R
        • Independent branch
        • Initiative drafting
        • Interim board
        • Jefferson
        • Lobbying
        • Polls support NCID?
        • Qualification by polling
        • Subtle effects
        • Swiss elites
        • Voter registration
        • What about the judicial?
        • Why an amendment?
        • Why not Article V?
        • Will the election work?
      • Papers
        • Allen
        • Amar and Hirsch
        • Becker and Slaton
        • Donovan
        • Fossedal
        • Gaffney
        • Graber
        • Jacob
        • Keyssar
        • Mayton
        • Parker
        • Stern and Holman
        • Tolbert
        • Tushnet
        • Warren
        • Waters
      • Democracy Amendment
      • Democracy Act
    • 2010 Global Forum Video Proceedings
    • 2012 Revision of NCID
      • 2002 vs 2012 Amendment
      • 2002 vs 2012 Act
    • Development of the Name
    • Amendment (annotated)
      • Section 1
      • Section 2
      • Section 3
      • Section 4
      • Section 5
    • Act (annotated)
      • Section 1
      • Section 2
      • Section 3
      • Section 3-A
      • Section 3-B
      • Section 3-C
      • Section 3-D
      • Section 3-E
      • Section 3-F
      • Section 3-F-1
      • Section 3-F-2
The National Citizens Initiative for Democracy

Direct Democracy: Federalism & the Guarantee Clause

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  • Does the guarentee clause preclude direct democracy? (11m 11s)
  • What is NCID?
    • Citizens Amendment
    • Citizens Legislative Procedures Act
    • FAQ
    • Comparison to State Law
    • Video Explanation
    • Test your Knowledge
      • Quiz #1
      • Quiz #2
      • Quiz #3
      • Quiz #4
      • Quiz #5
  • Endorsements
  • History of NCID
    • First Principle
    • Timeline
      • Dear America Film Promo Videos
      • Maine 2002
      • Daniela Bozhinova
    • Early Rumination
    • News
    • Trade-offs
    • 2002 Democracy Symposium
      • Audio Recordings
        • Anatomy of a representative
        • Ballot Fatigue
        • Beedham
        • Deliberative committee
        • Deliberative lawmaking
        • Election is legal?
        • Fair compensation
        • Government media
        • Guarantee Clause
        • History of I&R
        • Independent branch
        • Initiative drafting
        • Interim board
        • Jefferson
        • Lobbying
        • Polls support NCID?
        • Qualification by polling
        • Subtle effects
        • Swiss elites
        • Voter registration
        • What about the judicial?
        • Why an amendment?
        • Why not Article V?
        • Will the election work?
      • Papers
        • Allen
        • Amar and Hirsch
        • Becker and Slaton
        • Donovan
        • Fossedal
        • Gaffney
        • Graber
        • Jacob
        • Keyssar
        • Mayton
        • Parker
        • Stern and Holman
        • Tolbert
        • Tushnet
        • Warren
        • Waters
      • Democracy Amendment
      • Democracy Act
    • 2010 Global Forum Video Proceedings
    • 2012 Revision of NCID
      • 2002 vs 2012 Amendment
      • 2002 vs 2012 Act
    • Development of the Name
    • Amendment (annotated)
      • Section 1
      • Section 2
      • Section 3
      • Section 4
      • Section 5
    • Act (annotated)
      • Section 1
      • Section 2
      • Section 3
      • Section 3-A
      • Section 3-B
      • Section 3-C
      • Section 3-D
      • Section 3-E
      • Section 3-F
      • Section 3-F-1
      • Section 3-F-2
  • What is NCID?
    • Citizens Amendment
    • Citizens Legislative Procedures Act
    • FAQ
    • Comparison to State Law
    • Video Explanation
    • Test your Knowledge
      • Quiz #1
      • Quiz #2
      • Quiz #3
      • Quiz #4
      • Quiz #5
  • Endorsements
  • History of NCID
    • First Principle
    • Timeline
      • Dear America Film Promo Videos
      • Maine 2002
      • Daniela Bozhinova
    • Early Rumination
    • News
    • Trade-offs
    • 2002 Democracy Symposium
      • Audio Recordings
        • Anatomy of a representative
        • Ballot Fatigue
        • Beedham
        • Deliberative committee
        • Deliberative lawmaking
        • Election is legal?
        • Fair compensation
        • Government media
        • Guarantee Clause
        • History of I&R
        • Independent branch
        • Initiative drafting
        • Interim board
        • Jefferson
        • Lobbying
        • Polls support NCID?
        • Qualification by polling
        • Subtle effects
        • Swiss elites
        • Voter registration
        • What about the judicial?
        • Why an amendment?
        • Why not Article V?
        • Will the election work?
      • Papers
        • Allen
        • Amar and Hirsch
        • Becker and Slaton
        • Donovan
        • Fossedal
        • Gaffney
        • Graber
        • Jacob
        • Keyssar
        • Mayton
        • Parker
        • Stern and Holman
        • Tolbert
        • Tushnet
        • Warren
        • Waters
      • Democracy Amendment
      • Democracy Act
    • 2010 Global Forum Video Proceedings
    • 2012 Revision of NCID
      • 2002 vs 2012 Amendment
      • 2002 vs 2012 Act
    • Development of the Name
    • Amendment (annotated)
      • Section 1
      • Section 2
      • Section 3
      • Section 4
      • Section 5
    • Act (annotated)
      • Section 1
      • Section 2
      • Section 3
      • Section 3-A
      • Section 3-B
      • Section 3-C
      • Section 3-D
      • Section 3-E
      • Section 3-F
      • Section 3-F-1
      • Section 3-F-2
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