Answer:
In Rousseau's time, the sovereign was usually an absolute monarch. In The Social Contract, however, this word is given a new meaning. In a healthy republic, Rousseau defines the sovereign as all the citizens acting collectively. Together, they voice the general will and the laws of the state.
Explanation:
1) It limits the punishment they can receive.
Possible points to discuss: both claimed millions of lives and spread quickly across country borders; no one understood the cause of either disease; no one had a cure for either disease; diagnosis was almost certainly a death sentence; people often deserted those who fell ill because of the fear of contagion spreading; suppositions of how one could become infected were often not true; animals were involved in the initial spread of each disease (rats and primates); neither disease had an official name for quite some time.
Override a Presidential Veto (2/3 majority in both the House and the Senate — Article 1, Section 7) Ratify a treaty (2/3 majority in the Senate — Article 2, Section 2) Passing of a Constitutional Amendment by Congress (2/3 majority in both the House and the Senate — Article 5)
