... that federal (national) government cannot encroach on these rights. The democratic principle, however, stipulates that the people are the source of the power, not political parties, benefactors, patrons, or even their representatives, who could simply go unelected once their terms end and the dissatisfied people ... the Electoral College than those other twelve states put together. When it should be that the states each only receive as much power as their populations indicate (the democratic principle taking precedent over the federalist principle), the state government are empowered by...

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