Popular consent legitimizes citizen enforcement of constitutional interpretation.

Evidence

And if they so decide, should they not be able to validly and lawfully enforce their judgment, because all constitutional power derives from their consent in the first place? — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 309

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: the logic that consent-grounded constitutional power could justify popular enforcement of interpretation.
• XREF: connects to: Transparancy and accountability can enhance citizen participation in democracy. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1565; Under hegemony, organized consent displaces direct coercion as the main instrument; A constitutional grammar lets nonjudicial actors reason legally about constitutional questions. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 526

Broader Connections

• A constitutional grammar lets nonjudicial actors reason legally about constitutional questions. #expands (0.60) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 526
• Transparancy and accountability can enhance citizen participation in democracy. #expands (0.40) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1565
• Under hegemony, organized consent displaces direct coercion as the main instrument #expands (0.35)