There's nothing interesting about the "republic" part. All democracies have something things that make impossible-to-hard for majoritarian legislating to affec

There's nothing interesting about the "republic" part. All democracies have something things that make impossible-to-hard for majoritarian legislating to affect. The US is no different in that respect, other than the precise things that are deemed out of reach of the majority, and how hard it is to change that.