In the first Article of the Constitution of the United States, it is the People who “ordain and establish” their nation and begin their document of rule by granting the Congress of their Representatives the Power to establish its laws.
It’s not until the second Article that the People set up the office of the Executive, who will preside over the government…their chief public servant.
The main reason for setting up this form of government was to distinguish it from the countries where birth and privilege determined the ruler. In the United States, command was to belong to the People.
And, while the definition of who the “People” are has, wisely, been expanded via amendments over the past nearly two and a half centuries to include all genders and races, as well as the un-propertied, what has not been amended or changed is the concept that the People’s Representatives and their Executive are supposed to be public servants.
Unfortunately, there are some in the United States, who have mistakenly assumed, perhaps because they have not even read their document of laws, that the People can be conned into limiting their power and returning to the rule of birth and privilege.
Since I work to empower people, I feel it’s both fitting and important for me to engage in a bit of public service by reminding my fellow citizens of their power and how our country was organized to be run.
It’s time for each and every one of us to step into our power and let would-be despots know that, in this nation, because they swore an oath to our Constitution, the guiding principle for relating to our Representatives and Executive is supposed to be, “You work for me!”
And, if they don’t get that, then the remedy is…”You’re fired!”