 The concept of direct decree further posits that although the authority of the United States Congress is limited by the constitution, the authority of the people is inherently sovereign and above the authority of the state.By such a theory any measure voted upon and approved by the popular majority of the people is posited to be legally binding and authoritative over all other law.NI4D does not accept the long-held belief that the two ways spelled out in Article V of the U.S. constitution are the "only ways" in which the constitution can be amended.