Why it is the constitution calls the people a sovereign?

Question

Why it is the constitution calls the people a sovereign?

Answer 1

I suspect that it is meant as a commitment to democracy.

It means that the sovereign has absolute power in the country and nobody has the right to take it away. So, if the people are sovereign, there can never be any form of government harmful to the people. At least in theory.

Answer 2

A couple of our forefathers did want to use the term "my peeps" when drafting the Constitution but, I believe, it was Alexander Hamilton who brought up the point that the word sovereign sounded way cooler.