One of the most important features of the Constitution is that it protects our

national sovereignty

Not only does our Constitution protect our national sovereignty, but it also protects our religious freedom, freedom of speech and guarantees the right to own property and to bear arms. Our country’s Constitution was created to protect citizens from external as well as internal tyranny.

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populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.