I think the US constitution was a reactionary authoritarian document which was written 10 years after the American revolution. The document was the end of American democracy and the founding of the American republic. After the federalists consolidated power there were generations of activists who opened up the republic to some democratic governance over the last couple of centuries. 

The Declaration of Independence happened a full decade before the US constitution. The latter represented a major setback. Restoring the American government to the original constitution is something many people want but they shouldn’t call that democracy. It’s a republic governed by a few wealthy men.  

 What democratic governance?

How is elected officials actually exercising real power less democratic than unelected bureaucrats exercising real power?