Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Americans, many of them Republicans, seek leaders who would violate basic principles of democracy. AP Photo/Ben Gray It might ...

It is important for us to recognize that we built our American Democracy on principles already established in our mother country, Great Britain. One of the most important principles was made ...

ATLANTA — The Carter Center, along with 12 other U.S. presidential organizations, on Thursday put forth a statement to "renew their commitment to fundamental principles of democracy." The other ...

Is it possible, at this deeply ideologically divided time, to articulate a set of principles of American constitutional democracy that those across the political spectrum can agree upon? This was our ...

A coalition of former Republican government officials and legal experts urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to order the Trump administration to restore The Associated Press to the White House ...

Despite being used in both the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill, the term “democracy” is neither defined nor explained in either. This rhetorical and ...

The bedrock principle of democracy is that the person with the most votes wins. That rule applies whether you win by one vote or one million: in either case, the majority decides. But right now, ...

The French-Italian writer Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) famously said: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” This statement appears harsh in view of the many people around the globe ...

Lots of folks have been arguing lately that America is not a democracy. John Wahl, Chair of the Alabama GOP, said last month that the US is not a democracy, but instead a Republic. He went on to say ...