A Constitutional Republic.  By Constitutional law, thats what we still are. And that is exactly the rule of Law we should be following.  For if we had, our currency would not be on the brink of collapse.  Our Federal government would be small and efficient.   And, we wouldn't have more people in prison (per capita) then any other country, ever, in the history of man. What we need to do is start prosecuting each and every elected official, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution of these United States, and start putting them in Jail for not fulfilling their oath.  The way it stands now, those in power roam the halls of Justice with impunity.  Which, by default, makes them "Halls of Corruption", and the corruption has deep roots.  We need to get back to our "original" roots.....The Constitution.  The system is all there.  All we have to do is abide by it.