[SeaHawkFan]

You are wrong, but understandably so.

The very first congress codified the Declaratiom of Independence as the very first statute; so it is the law of the land.

FYI, the Constitution was codified as the second statute enacted.

[djf]

Exactly. I have read that as well, that the very first Act of Congress after ratification was to enact the Declaration of Independence as law.

[EternalVigilance]

That’s right. The Declaration is the cornerstone of the organic law of the United States. If one goes to the website of the House of Representatives and looks up the US Code, the organic law, starting with the Declaration, is first.

[Bigun]

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire.