sovereignty

Examples of sovereignty in the following topics:

• [PF content: Popular Sovereignty]

• Popular Consent, Majority Rule, and Popular Sovereignty

  • Popular consent, majority rule, and popular sovereignty are related concepts that form the basis of democratic government.
  • Popular consent (or the consent of the governed), majority rule, and popular sovereignty are related concepts that form the basis of democratic government.
  • Popular sovereignty is thus a basic tenet of most democracies.
  • Thenceforth, American revolutionaries generally agreed and were committed to the principle that governments were legitimate only if they rested on popular sovereignty–that is, the sovereignty of the people.
  • Explain the significance of popular sovereignty and the consent of the governed for liberal democracy

• The Sovereign States

  • The sovereignty of the states as opposed to the power of the federal government has been a longstanding issue in American politics.
  • Domestically, the federal government's sovereignty means that it may perform acts, such as entering into contracts or accepting bonds, that are typical of governmental entities but not expressly provided for in the Constitution or other laws.
  • Sometimes, the Supreme Court has even analogized the states to being foreign countries in relation to each other as a means to explain the American system of state sovereignty.
  • However, each state's sovereignty is limited by the U.S.
  • Compare the sovereignty of the states to the power of the federal government

• Thinking Politically

  • Other states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state.
  • For example, when India was a colony of the British Empire, India did not have sovereignty of its internal affairs.
  • Similarly, the American Revolution brought an end to British sovereignty over its American colonies in the New World.
  • Other states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state.
  • For example, when India was a colony of the British Empire, India did not have sovereignty of its internal affairs.

• Monarchies and Liberal Democracies

  • Monarchies, in which sovereignty embodied in a single individual, eventually gave way to liberal democracies.
  • A monarchy is a form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in a single individual, the monarch.

• Characteristics of the State

  • States differ in sovereignty, governance, geography, and interests.
  • Other states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state.

• National Identity

  • Domestically, the federal government's sovereignty means that it may perform acts such as entering into contracts or accepting bonds, which are typical of governmental entities but not expressly provided for in the Constitution or laws.
  • Similarly, the federal government, as an attribute of sovereignty, has the power to enforce those powers that are granted to it.
  • Sometimes, the Supreme Court has even compared the states to being foreign countries in relation to each other to explain the American system of state sovereignty.
  • Each state's sovereignty is limited by the U.S.
  • As a result, although the federal government is recognized as sovereign and has supreme power over those matters within its control, the American constitutional system also recognizes the concept of "state sovereignty".

• "We the People"

  • The phrase can be seen as affirming that the national government created by the Constitution derives its sovereignty from the people; it can also be seen as confirming that the government under the Constitution was intended to govern and protect "the people" directly, as one society, instead of governing only the states as political units.
  • Domestically, the federal government's sovereignty means that it may perform acts, such as entering into contracts or accepting bonds, that are typical of governmental entities but not expressly provided for in the Constitution or other laws.
  • Similarly, the federal government, as an attribute of sovereignty, has the power to enforce those powers that are granted to it.
  • Sometimes, the Supreme Court has even analogized the states to being foreign countries in relation to each other as a means to explain the American system of state sovereignty.
  • However, each state's sovereignty is limited by the U.S.

• The Compromise of 1850

  • The Compromise of 1850 left the question of slave versus free states to popular sovereignty.
  • The territories of New Mexico and Utah would be organized on the basis of popular sovereignty.
  • By allowing popular sovereignty to determine slave or free states, the Senate basically guaranteed future discord over the sectional balance of power in the coming years.
  • In the Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty was not defined as a guiding principle on the slave issue going forward.

• "The People"

  • It has also been construed to mean something like "all under the sovereign jurisdiction and authority of the United States. " The phrase has been construed as affirming that the national government created by the Constitution derives its sovereignty from the people, as well as confirming that the government under the Constitution was intended to govern and protect "the people" directly as one society instead of governing only the states as political units.
  • The Court has also understood this language to mean that the sovereignty of the government under the U.S.
  • Thomas Hobbes was a theorist of "sovereignty" in early modern political thought.
  • Explain from whom or from where the national government derives its sovereignty under the Constitution