36 constituting – ‘We the People do Ordain.’ This was the most democratic deed the world had ever seen in 1780s. In a Grand Parade held on July 4, 1788, in Philadelphia, Wilson delivered and argued for vote on the supreme law under which the people and their posterity would govern. By that date Americans had said ‘we do’ so as to guarantee that the constitution would go into effect. Writing as Publius in ‘The Federalist No.84, Alexander Hamilton explained in New York that ‘here, in strictness, the people …… retain everything (and) reservations. ‘WE have THE no need PEOPLE of ….., to particular secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution…….’ Here is a (clear) recognition of ‘popular rights’. By ‘popular rights’ Publius meant rights of the people qua sovereign, including their right to revise what they had created. Following Virginia lead, new York used its ratification instrument to underscore its understanding power is of the originally Preamble’s vested in, principles; and ‘All consequently derived from, the people …… The powers of government