Assertion: u.s.'s power | /r/HasProperty | ratified by obedience
Facets:
value: impliedly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It said that Congress exercised powers derived from the people, expressly conferred through the medium of state conventions or legislatures, and, once exercised, those powers were "impliedly ratified by the acquiescence and obedience of the people".