This
answer will only consider the Constitution itself, the product of the Philadelphia Convention,
not the amendments that followed.
Popular sovereignty is perhaps best
defined as the theory that political power in a government ultimately rests with the people,
rather than a unified sovereign in the form of a king. The Constitution makes it clear that its
powers are derived from the people in the opening three words of the Preamble: "We the
People." In short, the document, or more accurately the government established by the
document, was given its authority by the people. Elsewhere, Article I, Section 2 establishes
that the members of the House of Representatives will be chosen by "the People of the
several States" in biennial elections. This is the most direct statement of popular
sovereignty in the Constitution, which, prior to the adoption of amendments, did not require
that the people could choose senators. The President, of course, is chosen by the Electoral
College, and no...
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