 | John J. Patrick - 2006 - 113 páginas
...1787, the framers of the US Constitution proclaimed popular sovereignty in the document's Preamble: "We the people of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Popular sovereignty was also expressed in Article 7 of the Constitution,... | |
 | Jeffrey Thompson Schnapp, Matthew Tiews - 2006 - 470 páginas
...Preamble to the 1 787 Constitution of the United States, a voice on behalf of a nation of people: "We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." The contract of the nation is between the people and its representative... | |
 | Cameron C. Taylor - 2007 - 322 páginas
...just powers from the consent of the governed ..." The preamble of the US Constitution states, "We, the people of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution." The Constitution established a form of government described as "of the people, by the people, and for... | |
 | Lila Perl - 2008 - 164 páginas
...ascertain that it was not the intention of the founders of 1789 to introduce religion into government. "We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution," reads the well-known Preamble. It does not read, "Recognizing Almighty God as the source of all authority... | |
 | Lazaros Miliopoulos - 2007 - 514 páginas
...scheint. 4.2 Die USA als Nation und der atlantische Charakter amerikanischer Nationalstaatlichkeit „We the people of the United States (...) do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." Es ist strittig, ob der Begriff der nationalen Volkssouveränität,... | |
 | Arthur M. Melzer, Robert P. Kraynak - 2008 - 240 páginas
...various state constitutions are modern in this respect. The federal constitution begins as follows: "We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." So compelling was this idea of a legitimate foundation of government... | |
 | Helen Irving - 2008 - 229 páginas
...have authorized or ordained the constitution, or consented to its adoption. Here are some examples: We the people of the United States... do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America. (1787) Whereas the people of [the Australian colonies]... have agreed... | |
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We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution. 
