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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