Guarantee of Republican for of Government The Constitution places several obligations on the National Government for the benefit of the States. Most of them are to be found in Article Four. The Constitution requires the National Government to “guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government” (Article four). The Constitution does not define “republican form of government,” and the Supreme Court has regularly refused to do so. The term generally understood …showed first 75 words of 364 total…

…showed last 75 words of 364 total…form”(Pollard). It refused to admit Senators and Representatives from those States until the States had ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and broadened their laws to recognize the voting and other rights of African Americans. Work Cited Fox, Richard.” American Federalism”. US. Government. Plantek and Harris. New York, New York. 1983 Pollard, Scott. “Rights of African Americans” The Uses of American Government. Green Press . New York New York. 23-24. 1999 www.TheAmericanGovernment.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**