Question

Article IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress assembled.

---Massachusetts state constitution, adopted 1870


which description best explains the significance of this excerpt to the current government of Massachusetts

This excerpt is an example of a fundamental law of lasting importance that should not be changed

This excerpt is an example of a statutory law that should be passed as an ordinary piece of legislation

This excerpt is an example of a miscellaneous provision that no longer has any effect but has been left in the document

This excerpt is an example of a preamble that has no legal force but describes the intent of the document

Answer 1

This excerpt is an example of a fundamental law of lasting importance that should not be changed

Answer 2

The description that best explains the significance of the excerpt:

"Article IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress assembled.
---Massachusetts state constitution, adopted 1870"

to the current government of Massachusetts is "this excerpt is an example of a preamble that has no legal force but describes the intent of the document".