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ACLU stands for American Civil Liberties Union :)
a direct democracy people go directly to meetings to speak. these are normally in small places and countries. in larger countries there are representative democracy (which the us has) people are elected who have the same views as the people and they represent the people. this is used in larger countries.
It guaranteed the rights of individuals against the wishes of the King.
I'm not sure but extract is a synonym of abstract