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CLASS WITH JAMIE RASKIN episode 6: Congressman Jamie Raskin debunks the fallacy that America is a constitutional republic, and therefore not a democracy. 00:00 Is America a political democracy or a constitutional republic? 02:12 How our slave republic has transformed into a democratic republic 03:26 Amendments that expanded voting access 07:58 List of democratizing amendments 08:47 Anti-democratic mechanisms of today: voter suppression 10:04 Gerrymandering legislative districts 14:30 The Electoral College 17:52 Withholding statehood: D.C. and Puerto Rico 18:32 This fallacy is debunked 18:52 Why you should vote early 20:26 Q&A start and Democracy Summer 21:24 Is a constitutional republic a form of democracy? 23:47 Why do MAGA Republicans insist that we are not a democracy? 27:10 Is democracy antithetical to the Republican party? 28:56 Does the anti-democratic nature of our system of government lend itself to Republicans’ growing disdain for democracy? 33:
