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United States Government - Search View - MSN Encarta (16224 words) |
 | In the United States the one basic principle is representative democracy, which defines a system in which the people govern themselves by electing their own leaders. |
| The Constitution of the United States is the basis for the machinery and institutions of the U.S. government. |
| Article VI is a catchall article; its most important section establishes the Constitution and the laws of the United States as “the supreme Law of the Land.” Article VII of the Constitution establishes procedures that were used in 1788 and 1789 for the approval and subsequent adoption of the document by the states. |
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