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| | Direct democracy - definition of Direct democracy in Encyclopedia |
 | | The first United States Supreme Court ruling in favor of the citizen lawmaking was in Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company v. | | | The ancient Roman Republic's "citizen lawmaking" -- citizen formulation and passage of law, as well as citizen veto of legislature-made law -- began about 449 BCE and lasted the approximately four hundred years to the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. | | | It is a constitutionally-defined petition process of "proposed constitutional law," which, if successful, results in its provisions being written directly into the state's constitution. |
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| | Semi-direct democracy Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com |
| | A form of direct democracy in which the opinions of the majority are moderated in some way, typically to protect the minority from the majority. | | | Direct Democracy Manifesto has references to semi-direct democracy. | | | Liquid Democracy is a form of semi-direct democracy. |
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