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Wow. I think this could be answered many different ways, but in the end I think it is best answered by the first three words of the Preamble to the US Constitution:

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The people, through their duly elected representatives in Congress (and later the White House) govern themselves.

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There are three fundamental principles in the American legal system:

  • The presumption of innocence until proven guilty
  • The right of non-self incrimination
  • The right to be judged by a jury of peers.
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