We understand from this the negative as well: A government that does not derive its powers from the consent of the governed holds power unjustly. These social media giants have responded by ...

The United States was founded on the idea that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” That’s in the Declaration of Independence. But when government ...

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 ...

The Declaration provided the philosophical basis for a government that exercises legitimate power by "the consent of the governed," and it defined the conditions of a free people, whose rights and ...

It also raises the question of how these fundamental rights are reconciled with the idea of “the consent of the governed” for which the Declaration is also famous. Later, the Declaration also ...

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 ...

and smacks strongly of a revival of the hoary principal of government with the consent of the governed. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter. The Harvard Crimson ...

What a concept, eh? Guess what. Only 21 percent of voters in this country believe that the federal government has the consent of the governed. That’s what pollster Rasmussen Reports reports.

For the last several months, political parties and groups have been doing the rounds. Their operatives regularly exchange notes, some of which are mere red herrings to confuse and mislead. There are ...

Consent of the governed comes at the ballot box, but effective governance depends on the support of ALL the people. Democracy will hold only if the opposition can be successful in this effort.