Article 1 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights

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Article 1 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights is the provision that establishes the foundational principles of popular sovereignty and the people’s ultimate authority over government in the state’s constitutional framework.

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Article 1 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of a bill of rights ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo Maryland state government ⓘ
political power in Maryland ⓘ
bindingOn Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
Maryland executive branch ⓘ
Maryland judiciary ⓘ
constitutionalRole statement of basic political theory for Maryland ⓘ
constrains exercise of governmental power in Maryland ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defines source of governmental authority in Maryland ⓘ
enforceableBy Maryland courts ⓘ
establishes a foundational principle of Maryland constitutional order ⓘ
the people’s ultimate authority over the Maryland government ⓘ
hierarchicalStatus supreme law within the State of Maryland ⓘ
historicalOrigin Maryland Declaration of Rights of 1776 ⓘ
influences interpretation of other provisions of the Maryland Declaration of Rights ⓘ
interpretation of the Maryland Constitution ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland
languageType rights‑declaratory clause ⓘ
legalStatus binding constitutional law in Maryland ⓘ
legalSystem Maryland state constitutional law ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Declaration of Rights ⓘ
purpose to affirm that government exists for the benefit of the people ⓘ
to secure the people’s control over the structure of their government ⓘ
recognizes the people as the source of all political power in Maryland ⓘ
relatedConcept consent of the governed ⓘ
republican form of government ⓘ
right of revolution ⓘ
relatedDocument United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
other state bills of rights in the United States ⓘ
scope framework principles rather than specific procedural rights ⓘ
states that all government of right originates from the people ⓘ
that all power is inherent in the people ⓘ
that the people have the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their form of government ⓘ
subject foundational principles of government ⓘ
people’s ultimate authority over government ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
usedIn constitutional interpretation by Maryland appellate courts ⓘ

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Declaration of Rights (Maryland) → hasPart → Article 1 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights ⓘ
subject linked to: Declaration of Rights