Political democracy rests on the principle that government derives power from the consent of the blank .

The answer is: the consent of the governed.

This doctrine refers to the notion that Democracies only exist because the citizen members of the Democracies have consensually banded together and given consent for the Government to act for them. It is a doctrine that was developed during the Enlightenment and was very influential during the American revolution.

a. a party in a lower-court case requests that the supreme court overturn the other court’s ruling in the case.