[goldstategop]

Yes, it seems to be the immutable proposition in the Declaration of Independence is that man's freedom is independent of any contractual or political authority. The state simply provides the wherewithal by which this freedom can be exercised. The general proposition articulated in the Declaration would be meaningless except in the context of the Constitution which affirms that it has existed through specific rights named and still others that while not specifically listed are claimable nevertheless. And furthermore the proposition is reinforced by the limits the Constitution has imposed in both the powers and conduct of government. From the above, one can conclude America is a propositional nation. America is a propositional nation whose ideal of inherent human freedom is granted legal and political recognition in its Constitution. It should be added in passing the character of the propositional nation America is owes its existence to the proposition and not the other way around and the Constitution is its creature and not the lord of it. Americans are free by nature and the mission of their country is to state the proposition so embodied in the Declaration and as acknowledged in the structure of the Constitution and in the operation of their government as a universal truth valid for all times and places. This vision of an immutable proposition is what sets America apart from other countries and it establishes as nothing else why America must be regarded as being indeed a propositional nation.

[Zon]

The foundation is the Declaration of Independence. The frame work is the Constitution. The two combined create the blueprint. Like most blueprints, later architects usually change the framework but not the foundation. Sometimes the architects will create so many intricate changes to the original framework that the foundation cannot support the changes. This can lead to collapse since the foundation was not designed to bare the architects new designs.