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 ...

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And from the U.S. Declaration of Independence: “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the Governed.” This is the basis for a government’s ...

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, ...