The people play an important role in the application of the doctrine of the lesser magistrates. The people have a duty to protest unjust or immoral laws. Do you remember the story about Governor Petronius defying Emperor Caligula regarding his immoral law to put his statue in the Temple of the Jews? The people played a huge role in the outcome of that story.
The role of the people in applying the lesser magistrate doctrine is protest before the lesser magistrate, and rally behind him when he takes a stand. The lesser magistrates often will not act until the people plead their case, and the magistrates are assured of their support.
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