, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government, but directly from the sovereign convention of the people that framed the State government. It is one of the ‘high powers’ delegated directly to the citizen, and ‘is excepted out of the general powers of government.’ A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the law-making power.” TX Supreme Court, Cockrum v. State (TX 1859)