This is so because our democracy recognizes that the only legitimate source of governmental power comes from those subject to the government's exercise of power—the consent of the governed. Under our ...

There are no heroes in smoke-filled rooms. There are only silhouettes: blurred, shifting, shaped by whispers and the promise ...

In the "right-wing world," there is a "belief in the immateriality of popular political opposition to Trump — a sense that it is less the response of ordinary people with agency than it is a plot by ...

The office of the presidency is not a birthright. It is not a crown. It is not held by force, and it is not above the law. It ...

July 4, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.  Dr. Allen Mendenhall, ...

Among the important things our Declarations says is “Governments are instituted among men (aka humans) deriving their just Powers from the consent of the Governed …” Most young people have ...

liberty and the pursuit of happiness and its power must be based on the consent of the governed. Gov. Jeff Landry would do well to reread our nation’s founding document. When all four of his ...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson writes that, “legitimate government operates only by the consent of the governed.” When SB 1 was introduced, 15 people testified in favor, five representing ...