The Declaration of Independence -- July 4th is still considered a National holiday:
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.Nature's God.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
... And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
[Our] Creator.
Divine Providence.
All one and the same. One God.
Obey and Listen, we must, to His Majestic Orders.
To ensure Justice.
And to make Kindness and Mercy like a great light in every dark place.
We do that through legislation. We accomplish this through the separation of powers:
Legislative Branch makes the laws.
Executive Branch enforces them.
Judicial Branch interprets them.
There are always imbalances -- right now it appears the Judiciary is lopsided. But we MUST respect the rules as laid out in the USC, which you quote but do not understand.
This is still a matter of only wanting to follow the laws "we" like. Just like DU after November.