We elect senators and representatives for the House. They basically make up what the people who elected them wants, but some are corrupt so they don't really listen to the people. They mainly listen to the people who fund their campaigns. What we do have are the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Amendments to protect our rights such as forcing the person we elected to do what we want, because if they don't we can "fire" them and elect new ones. (petition)
President Richard Nixon did all of these things except be impeached. Instead, as a result of the Watergate scandal, he resigned while still in office. Many think he would have been impeached had he remained in office.
<span>When writing an essay like this, it is important to make connections between the historical issues at hand and the current events that are shaped by these issues. So make sure to talk about how a direct democracy has one vote per person, while the other is representative. </span><span />
Iran lost its independence. Islamic scholars lost their power.
I need more backround info. Any other context?
