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Article IV, Section 4.

Article IV, Section 4.

It has been suggested that the Founders wanted state governments to be republics rather than democracies, but others have suggested that this clause was intended to protect not against pure democracies but against monarchies.

It has been suggested that the Founders wanted state governments to be parliamentary republics rather than democracies, but others have suggested that this clause was intended to protect not against pure democracies but against monarchies.

There is relatively little case law interpreting this Guarantee Clause.

There is relatively little case law interpreting this Guarantee Clause.