Sentence examples for expression of the popular will from inspiring English sources
The bottom line, however, remains the will of the people, and any substantive change in the present institutional arrangements for representation calls for approval through an expression of the popular will.
This court concluded that "the rejection of votes from legal voters, not brought about by fraud, and not of such magnitude as to demonstrate that a free expression of the popular will has been suppressed," is insufficient to void an election, "at least unless it be shown that the votes rejected would have changed the result".
The head of the armed forces described Sunday's protests as an "unprecedented" expression of the popular will.
More than anything, he is afraid of democracy and free expression of the popular will.
Yet Lumumba understood his role as an expression of the popular will, which the co-ops and assemblies would someday represent.
Recent surveys of Russians superficially support the notion that official declamations about moral conservatism constitute an expression of the popular will.
"We are trying to turn political parties into expressions of the popular will".
It would also enable easier, more frequent expressions of the popular will – for example, a vote on a coalition programme developed in response to a hung parliament or even the annual parliaments proposed by the Chartists.
For the French nation in 1790, the Guard was no less the authentic representative of the popular will than, say, Jimi Hendrix (wearing red, white and blue) riffing on the Star-Spangled Banner was the authentic expression of Woodstock Nation.
That is a significant expression of popular will, which makes the removal of Morsi much more democratic than it appears at first blush.
The U.S. response has been a feeble acknowledgment of these "democratically" elected groups (I place "democratically" in quotes because again, without taking place in a society that protects individual rights and maintains democratic institutions, the validity of such results as an expression of popular will is dubious).
