Popular Sovereignty is the idea that the people who live in the United States give the government permission to rule over them, and we control who is in office.
Two examples of popular sovereignty in the constitution are and tenth amendments to the constitution saying "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" and "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Another example is back during the Civil War when states were slave states and free states, the government didn't decide or dictate which states were free or slave, they voted on it and decided for themselves. The power lay within the choice of the people.
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REAL LIFE EXAMPLE 1: With the American Revolution, Americans exchanged the rule of King George III with a rule composed of the people. After that, American revolutionaries agreed with the idea that governments were only proper if they followed popular sovereignty.
REAL LIFE EXAMPLE 2: The ninth amendment, which states, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people".
REAL LIFE EXAMPLE 3: The tenth amendment, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
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Two examples of popular sovereignty in the constitution are and tenth amendments to the constitution saying "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" and "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Another example is back during the Civil War when states were slave states and free states, the government didn't decide or dictate which states were free or slave, they voted on it and decided for themselves. The power lay within the choice of the people.
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REAL LIFE EXAMPLE 1: With the American Revolution, Americans exchanged the rule of King George III with a rule composed of the people. After that, American revolutionaries agreed with the idea that governments were only proper if they followed popular sovereignty.
REAL LIFE EXAMPLE 2: The ninth amendment, which states, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people".
REAL LIFE EXAMPLE 3: The tenth amendment, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
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