DEMOCRACY
democracy
We the People is where government gets its power.
The democratic theory of government makes the case that no one group of people controls the majority of government decisions.
SOVEREIGNITY
The People. I think the people have lost sight of this, and some administrations have as well.
Citizens or sheep depending on which side of the government authority you are on.
a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but which is usually exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed
a single person or a small group of people
The people
We the People is where government gets its power.
Civil government in the United States received its authority from the people through the Constitution.
The democratic theory of government makes the case that no one group of people controls the majority of government decisions.
SOVEREIGNITY
Democracy Is a form of government In which the supreme power Is held completely by the people via free elections. In a pure democracy the majority always wins and can persecute the minority. In a democratic republic, like the US, there is a constitution and certain rights which can not be abridged even by a majority vote.Democracy is a form of government in which people have a voice in the exercise of power , typically through elected representatives
It is written in Art II Sec 3 that Civilian authority is at all times supreme over the military. Martial law also aims in protecting the people, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are supreme over the civilians during this time.
If you are being asked this on a test or homework, the answer being looked for is probably "False". The tester will believe that a dictatorship is the authority resting upon one man, while in a democracy it rests upon the people. But in truth, no government ever governs without at least the tacit consent of the governed. The "supreme authority" of a dictatorship thus does "rest solely with the people". You may see the truth in this by watching how various governments "advertise". Those that are generally more free, are relatively quiet. But the worse a dictatorship it is, the more they "advertise". Which is why there's all those pictures of the Supreme Leader everywhere, and propaganda about how many great things he's doing for his people. He knows he needs the people to think he is doing good. Or else he'd not waste the money on those things.
This describes the principle of "popular sovereignty," which asserts that the authority of government is derived from and should reflect the will of the people it governs.
The authority to govern comes from the people. A+