Reply To: Article 4 section 4

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murphy560
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Professor Gutzman, specifically regarding the statement “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,” does this mean that the federal government must be of a republican form or that all state governments must be of republican form or both? Also, why would this be attached to a clause specifying the federal government’s duty to protect states from invasion and domestic violence? They seem very different. Thanks.