The base fine for fishing without a license is currently (2015) set at $75. An amount equal to two times the cost of the required license and permit is added to the base fine.
Jacksonian democracy [(jak-soh-nee-uhn)] A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation. Jacksonian democracy was aided by the strong spirit of equality among the people of the newer settlements in the South and West.
They took the idea of democracy and came up with representative democracy.. Under this system, citizens elect representatives to make these decisions for them. It's for this reasons we have elections through which we elect our leaders. Thus America is a constitutional republic and not a democracy as such.