MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE US CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE ARTICLES AND AMENDMENTS
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judicial review and rule of law
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checks & balances and separation of power
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federalism and limited government
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popular sovereignty
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Detailed explanation-1: -The words, “We, the people of India…” indicate the ultimate sovereignty of the people of India. Sovereignty means the independent authority of the State, not being subject to the control of any other State or external power.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Preamble, with its talk of “We the people, ” reflects a revolutionary new idea: that a government gets its authority from the people. This principle, known as popular sovereignty states that the people have the right to alter or abolish their government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Popular sovereignty. All political power is vested in and derived from the people. All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first three words of the constitution establish the idea of popular sovereignty. This is the idea that the people created their government and consented to be governed by it, and the government derives its political authority from the people.
Detailed explanation-5: -Popular sovereignty, meaning rule by the people The idea of “popular sovereignty” is found in the Preamble of the Constitution.