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In
political philosophy, the phrase
consent of the governed refers to the idea that a
government's
legitimacy and
moral right to use state power is only justified and legal when consented to by the people or
society over which that
political power is exercised. This theory of
consent is historically contrasted to the
divine right of kings and has often been invoked against the legitimacy of
colonialism. Article 21 of the United Nation's 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government".
Comitatus Act is a
United States federal law (
18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20
Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878 by
PresidentRutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the
Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the
federal government in using
federal military personnel to enforce
domestic policies within the
United States. It was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of
Reconstruction, and was subsequently updated in 1956 and 1981.
"Ohio"
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.