Popular Sovereignty
1. Popular Sovereignty: asserts that the people are the source of
any and all government power, and the government can exist only with the consent
of the governed.
The government can only govern if it is given persmission by those who are governed. The overall meaning of popular sovereignty is that the government draws its power from the people of the United States.
Examples of Popular Sovereignty: The people vote in the presidents, senators, mayors, and governors, and they have a say in all the laws, acts, and political moves of the country. So, we as people of the United States acts as the supreme, ruling power.
Examples of Popular Sovereignty: The people vote in the presidents, senators, mayors, and governors, and they have a say in all the laws, acts, and political moves of the country. So, we as people of the United States acts as the supreme, ruling power.