[Peace-discuss] Blago-Burris circus

[Bob Illyes]

Wayne writes "The Declaration of Independence is the Charter document for 
these United States. If you invalidate that the whole thing falls apart, 
because it is the foundation. The Constitution and Bill of Rights are the 
By-laws."

It is commonly noted that the Declaration of Independence is not a part of 
the legal basis of the US government. Technically, this is true, but watch 
out for the word "legal". This is brought to you by the same folks who 
claim that a law is unconstitutional only if the court finds it so. But 
what is true and what will hold up in court are often not the same thing, 
so one should beware of such arguments.

I side with Wayne on this one, and against the lawyer lobby which 
represents that it is the final arbiter of truth. Most folks who fought and 
won the Revolution did it for "...all men are created equal, that they are 
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these 
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these 
rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers 
from the consent of the governed..." It's their call. It is also the 
standard against which the Constitution and the law must be judged (by the 
governed, not by the court).

Bob