The Constitution, as crafted by the Founding Fathers, is a governmental institution.
Its contents spell out the manner of its working. The institution is triadic: that is
undisputable. The essence of the institution is the bottom of the triad, i. e. the
People. Obviously, if there were no people, there would be no need for a top and
hence no need for the sides of the triad. The sides of the triad is the Judiciary
which should insure that the governing relation between the top and the bottom is
kept in a proper state of tension and balance. Hence, a triadic form of government.
The older concept of the State did not fare to well. In that concept, the whole
scenario of government was conceived and elaborated within a wholistic concept
of the State. One major problem with that was that a wholistic concept was too
abstract. Can the same be said of a triadic concept of government? If we stay with
the usual manner of using language in the discussion of political issues, it might.
That is why it is important, at the very begining, to make the distinction between
the top and the bottom of the institution. Another problem with the older concept
of the State was that it was so abstract it was considered a "persona ficta". The
Constitution is not a fiction. Its crafting is a historical fact and its existence today
is an indubitable fact. These latter considerations are obvious to present day
inquiries into government.
    If we take our analysis of triadic government a little further, we notice that
there has to be a distinction between the top and the bottom of government.
Obviously, the bottom cannot govern. Just as obvious, only one or several people
at the top can govern. Also obvious, we need a "referee" in between the top and
bottom. But, not as obvious is the fact that the top is generally abstract and the
bottom is both abstract and concrete. The top must be abstract because all
governing is done by means of policies, laws, rules and regulations. The only
way to apply law and policies to everyone is by general formulations. However,
the application of those laws and policies must apply specifically. Stated
differently, they must apply to each and every individual. But, the bottom is the
foundation of the triad and the people there live individual lives. Their
individual lives are real and concrete, not abstractions. Hence, the bottom is
also real and concrete and living in that concrete nature is what constitutes a
democracy. Life is not abstract. The only way of bringing about a real condition
of democracy is for political language to adopt a more geometric and mathmatic
discourse. Hence, triadic government can use "triadic" language to become itself.