On the record
Our fathers did not believe in the sovereignty of the State in the sense of absolute power, nor did they believe in the sovereignty of the people in that sense.
Source
gutenberg.orgJames Beck: “Our fathers did not believe in the sovereignty of the State in the sense of absolute power, nor did they believe in the…”
Editor's note · Context
Beck reflects on the founders' beliefs regarding the limits of state and popular sovereignty.
Share
More from James Beck
Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
The greatest and noblest purpose of the Constitution was not alone to hold in nicest equipose the relative powers of the nation and the States, but also to maintain in the scales of justice a true equilibrium between the rights of…
Of this spirit one of the noblest expressions is the Constitution of the United States.
Under the American Constitution, they are part of the fundamental law, and, as such, enforceable by judges sworn to defend the integrity of the individual as fully as the integrity of the State.
Other voices in this conversation
