A constitution which protected slavery and genocide, and is ignored when it is deemed convenient.  One can have a Constitutional Democracy instead of a mob.  Republics suck, in a republic you vote for someone to tell you what to do.  I think I'm most qualified to decide on my life and people on theirs, not Washington.  People don't vote because it never changes anything, and thus is pointless.  Not matter who you vote for they win and we lose.