Talk:Mixed government

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"One school of scholarship, based mainly in the United States, felt that a mixed government was the central characteristic of a republic. As it is, the U.S. has rule by the one (the President), the few (the Supreme Court), and the many (Congress.) According to Frank Lovett this school is largely defunct."

I'm certainly not an expert in this field, but my first thought upon reading this is that in the U.S. "the few" were supposed to be represented by the Senate (originally appointed, not elected by the people, and modeled on the British House of Lords) and the many by the House of Representatives (elected, modeled on the British House of Commons). That is, all three elements of mixed government were contained within the various political branches excluding the Supreme Court. The 17th amendment now provides for popular election of senators, but substituting the Supreme Court seems like a rather poor way of trying to make the principle of mixed government seem current. --Pgva 10:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mixed government is a Republic

The Classical definition of republic was deleted by Wikipedians many moons ago. On May 5th, 2007, this definition, adapted to an article was published by an academic journal under the title "The Spartan Republic". Please take note! Mixed government is a Republic! And it was the Doric Greeks that created it! WHEELER 02:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)