The Declaration states the goals of the founders.
The Constitution tells us how to achieve it and sets the laws...and based on that, Fred Thompson is correct.
Who are you supporting?
I have given up trying to reason with people who are fixated on the loony notion that the Declaration of Independence is a jurisprudential document in our legal system.
In fact, the Declaration ranks somewhere below the Federalist Papers.
While the Declaration of Independence is unquestionably the most eloquent statement of the basis for human freedom ever penned, it’s not the law.
It’s not right when the government is not supporting the founding documents of this country — when it comes to the unalienable rights, which includes life. That’s so fundamental that it comes within the first few sentences ever uttered by this government of the United States.
No amount of weaseling around will get out of that fact that this is a right that no government can take away (although they may attempt to; it’s just not their right to do so and it has to be fought against when it’s done). To act negligently and not act to protect life is taking that life, when it’s the government’s duty to do so, as our founding documents state (the whole purpose of forming this new governments, along with other grievances).
As far as who I’m supporting — I’m waiting to see what good candidate the Republican Party produces that I can support. Let me know when they do that. I’ve been looking...
Regards,
Star Traveler