Sovereign people naturally have power to rule their homes, communities, and nations.
A freely elected representative government has no power superior to the People. Sovereignty resides in the People, not in their representatives. Officials are elected into office, not into independent power. Delegated powers remain subservient to electors. Public servants, by definition, serve private sovereigns.
Most people do not exercise that sovereignty. Living sovereigns stand in Common Law (Law of the Land); artificial persons stand in Admiralty/Maritime commerce (Law of the Sea). Employees of a corporation cannot command their CEO; people acting only as artificial persons have no sovereign authority. Corporate redress uses submissions, appeals, and petitions. Common Law redress uses notices, orders, and declarations.
Governments at every level—including councils—have often been incorporated into global debt-money systems and captured by corporate interests. When governance harms the People, it is their right to hold it to account, seek redress, or institute new safeguards.
All political power is inherent in the People and begins at home—first in electing and overseeing local public servants. A community may post notice of a People’s Assembly and ratify majority decisions; serve notice on public servants; or write a community bill of rights to protect life. Assembly documents should be autographed by an elected committee, witnessed, and acknowledged by a justice for the record.
In Common Law nations, community justices serve private people and uphold Law of the Land. A Justice of the Peace serves freely and can hold a court of record wherever documentation, oath tools, and pen are set. Procedure is common sense: fair, transparent, full disclosure. Notices should allow reasonable response time (e.g. at least seven days). Statements of fact according to belief should be witnessed before a justice or similarly sworn person.
Public servants have no authority not granted by private people. Once a People’s Assembly has spoken on a community matter, there is no higher authority to overturn it within that framing of Common Law community power.
Related: Your Public Trust, Your Sovereignty.