5. Demos-cratis is Greek for
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"rule of the people." Since it's not possible to hear or to obey the will of every single citizen, the Greeks then came up with the idea of electing representatives of the people, who would vote laws in or out. Elected officials are democratic, because they are the "rule of the people" (demos). Unelected officials, such as judges, who legislate, are pulling the government away from "people rule" by elected representatives. Judges have a place, but cannot be allowed to legislate. Elected representatives passing laws is democracy --"rule of the people." Unelected judges deciding laws is not the rule of the people. It's tyranny.
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