[Poohbah]

Doesn't feed the bulldog. Which part of the US Code makes the Declaration of Independence "organic law?"

[hedgetrimmer]

organic law
: the body of laws (as in a constitution or charter) that form the original foundation of a government

declaration
a: a statement proclaiming the principles, aims, or policies of a group or government

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration sets forth the principles upon which our government was established. It does not have to be in the federal code, in order to be considered a founding document. It does document the principles upon which the government was founded, by approval of the Continental Congress of 1776. It also has been used to formulate laws with respect to the abolitiion of slavery, and in many US Supreme court decisions.