[mike182d]

The Declaration is a nice document but the Constitution is the law of the land.

What?! Explain to me, from the perspective of our Founding Fathers, how this makes a difference?
They went to war against the "law of the land," to form their own independent nation because the "law of the land" violates certain unalienable human rights.

[rhombus]

They went to war against the "law of the land," to form their own independent nation because the "law of the land" violates certain unalienable human rights.

They went to war against a Gov't that gave them no representation. In order to protect themselves from another tyranical Gov't that acted without authority, they established a Constitution. The Chief Executive's oath of office is to protect the Constitution...not the Declaration of Independence. It doesn't mean the Declaration is irrelevant, it just means we are protected by the Constitution as the "law of the land".