The Declaration of Independence is still the founding document of our country and the principles enshrined in that document are still valid.
The Federal Government is 1000 times more tyrannical now than the British Government was under George III.
The states may not merely have a right to secede, but it may be a duty.
The Declaration is not a governing document and has no force of law.
The Federal Government is 1000 times more tyrannical now than the British Government was under George III.
Have you actually read the Declaration of Independence? Specifically this:
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.
Since the Federal Government draws its powers from the consent (however misguided) of the governed and since the Constitution provides many mechanisms for the people to alter their government, you don't even have the Declaration to fall back on. A majority of the voting public voted for Obama -- a majority of the 13 colonies did NOT vote for George III. There's a critical difference there.