[trumandogz]

“All men are created equal”

The Founders failed to fulfill that promise.

[Rockingham]

The Declaration is aspirational, but it matters little without the Constitution as the coherent and practical foundation of American liberty.

[shooter223]

“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 to 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.” ......... I fear the time is rapidly approaching to “alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government”. I hope this will not be necessary, but I fear it will.

[Oratam]

Slow down there pardner. The libs have been trying to turn the Declaration into the supreme law of the land cause that pesky Constitution's got too many checks on government in it.

Let's leave the Declaration as our country's "Birth Announcement" and restore the Constitution to rightful place: the charter of our liberties.

[Bigun]

Sorry Ronald but the Declaration is not law!

It IS exactly what it purports to be. A declaration of Independence!

[RJS1950]

The declaration was a statement of agreement to separate from the crown and the reasons why this was necessary. It was not the law in any way shape or form, in particular since there was no independent United States or Constitution for years to come. The Constitution fulfilled parts of concepts detailed in the declaration but it was not law.

[brooklyn dave]

I recently googled “natural law”—what our system is supposedly originally based on-—very interesting—even the stuff I found in Wikipedia.

[ml/nj]

To Secure These Rights by Scott Gerber is an interesting book that argues that the Declaration has legal relevance. (Not reviewed at Amazon, but there are some sample pages)

ML/NJ

[Pollster1]

Our American Declaration of Independence is the supreme, unamendable moral law of the United States.

Close, but not quite exact. God's Law (natural law for those who prefer) is the supreme law of the United States. When the Constitution as written, which is supposed to be the supreme law, is ignored by socialists like Pelosi and Obama, the Declaration of Independence has the potential to come into play, not with any legal force but as a clear articulation of natural rights that take precedence over the laws of men.

[colorado tanker]

The Declaration is a statement of God's natural law. The Constitution is the compact the American people have entered into to govern themselves according to that law.

Your real complaint is that the Constitution is not being properly interpreted, with which I agree.

[Idaho_Independent]

I have seen this argument made allot recently, but I still don’t buy into it. While the Declaration of Independence is an inspired document, it is not law. The Constitution, upon it’s ratification became the “Law of the Land” it is the only binding law, and protector of our “God” given rights. The Declaration may list these rights but it does not protect them in any way.

[neverdem]

BTTT!