[daisy mae for the usa]

I am just getting around to reading this. Very good. But I have had a question for a long time. It is the Declaration of Independence that talks of the Creator and Natural Law. Why, when they wrote the constitution, didn’t they include some of these key phrases from the declaration in the body of the constitution?

[EternalVigilance]

Why, when they wrote the constitution, didn’t they include some of these key phrases from the declaration in the body of the constitution?

In reading the various state constitutions, I've noticed that the language used in the various articles and sections dealing with rights is often a combination of language from the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and other Natural Law founding era sources.

[ArrogantBustard]

The Declaration of Independence is a philosophical document. It is a complaint, and apology (explanantion), and a justification for secession from an empire, and the formation of a new government. It offers almost nothing about the structure or function of that new government.

The Constitution of the United States is a practical document. It is a second effort at outlining and framing the specific form and function, powers, responsibilities, and limitations of the new government being established after the act of secession was made real.

DoI says nothing about specific form of government. It justifies the formation of one.

USC says nothing to justify the formation of the government. Such justification is assumed.