首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨代表法院写道：“代议制政府的基本契约假定，公职人员将听取选民的意见，并根据他们关心的事情采取行动。”

"The basic compact underlying representative government," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court, "assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns."

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From the ensuing rebellion came limited constitutional representative government and ultimately our modern form of democracy.

从接踵而来的反抗运动到,受限制的代议制宪政政府,最终到我们现代的民主社会

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