One,I having meaning to work for awhile,a timeline basically on how it passed from a Republic to the current state of corruption..

....THE REPRESENTATIVE, OR REPUBLICAN, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, CAREFULLY CHOSEN BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN 1787 AGAINST DEMOCRACY OR DIRECT ACTION BY THE PEOPLE, WAS FIRST UNDERMINED BY THE STATES

In 1893 South Dakota adopted from Switzerland the Initiative and the Referendum, and from then until 1918 one or both of those plans, with the Recall, were taken on by 22 of the 48 States.

Three borrowings from Switzerland against our Constitution

By the Initiative, the people can draft a law and put it to a vote; if the majority favor it the legislature is bound to pass it, even though opposed to it.

By the Referendum, a bill passed by the legislature is referred to popular vote, and it may be approved or prevented from taking effect.

The Recall, is used to unseat a holder of office who has become unsatisfactory, or to revoke a law.

Some States adopted the three expedients, some two of them, some only one. At first the belief spread rapidly.

https://exploringrealhistory.blogspot.com/2019/11/part-undermining-constitution-history.html