[the invisib1e hand]

I'm no scholar (and some would say no gentleman, either), but the Declaration is just that, a declaration of independence. It is not law, but a cannon of founding principles which echo in law. It is a summoning of the will to secure justice; a throwing down of the gauntlet, a declaration of intolerance of abuse of just principles.

I, for one, see it as a timely topic.

[combat_boots]

The Declaration of Independence is the presupposition of rights and conditions that accrue to all persons. Upon it is built the Constitution.

Others may say that this is a Constitutional crisis, among other things. I agree. Life and liberty are now gone, and we will never be able to complain to any country anywhere about human rights violations with any credibility ever again because of this.