The people have no role in the operation of the state.
They elect representatives to operate the state.
The people have no direct power other than the vote the ability to sit as a juror.
Nowhere does the constitution allow for any other INSTITUTION to have a role and Santorum's words clearly advocate for that.
That is the most utterly asinine statement I have ever read on FR.
I have no intention of wasting my time debating someone who simply makes up nonsense to avoid conceding his errors.
Do you think you're the first genius to go literal to deny philosophical, and philosophical to deny literal?