The legal sovereign, therefore, cannot act against the will of the political sovereign. If it does. a legal truth may become a political untruth. A legislature Which legislates in a manner contrary to the will of the people, will be replaced by one more faithful to the popular will. " In other words, the political sovereign lies behind and conditions and, thus, limits the legal sovereign, though, legally speaking, the legal sovereign is omnipotent. The distinction between the legal and political aspects is necessary and useful in that it reminds us that we are dealing with the power, not of an inanimate machine, but human beings over their fellow-men. We know from History that, however absolute the legal right to exercise power may be, there is a limit in practice. Human beings will stand just so much.