Trying to be cute and come to the defense of a preposterous previous post is just plain stupid. a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections You offered a branch of government as an example of DEMOCRACY. That is like saying an eye is a living organism. It is like calling a piece of wood a house. It is like calling a tree a forest. Nuff of your cute crap.