[mike182d]

It doesn't mean the Declaration is irrelevant, it just means we are protected by the Constitution as the "law of the land".

The Declaration of Independence is inseperable from the Constitution because it gives the Constitution purpose and legitimacy as a document. The Constitution is not the "Bible" or secular equivalent, nor is it automatically exempt from the principles of freedom and liberty laid out in the Declaration. In the mid-1800s, when the "law of the land" denied blacks liberty and treated them like property, was it proper to sit back and say "oh, well. there's nothing we can do, legally?"

[rhombus]

The Declaration of Independence is inseperable from the Constitution because it gives the Constitution purpose and legitimacy as a document.

Nope, I disagree. The Constitution was given legitimacy by the states that ratified it. As far as slavery, there was something that was done and it was done legally.