§ 26.
Power inherent in people--Alteration in form of government--Inseparable part of
Union.
All political power is inherent in the people, and all free government is founded on their
authority, and is instituted for their equal protection and benefit, and they have the right in lawful
and constituted methods to alter or reform their forms of government in such manner as they may
think proper. And the state of South Dakota is an inseparable part of the American Union and the
Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.