Multiple Choice
The framers of the American Constitution sought to prevent the perceived threat of excessive democracy through a number of institutional innovations.Which of these constitutional provisions MOST prevents the threat of excessive democracy?
A) requiring each state to have a "republican form of government"
B) requiring all tax and spending bills to originate in the U.S.House of Representatives
C) tying citizens' eligibility to vote with that of state legislative bodies
D) providing for a judicial branch selected indirectly with judges serving life terms
E) prohibiting Congress, through Article I, from granting titles of nobility
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