Define popular sovereignty. government powers are limited by the popularity of the elected leaders government is intended only t
o serve and protect the people government powers should be divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial government only exists and functions with the consent of the people being governed
<span>Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people's rule is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.</span>
