No, the Declaration of Independence is not a law making document. The US Constitution is the document that creates the laws that govern the US. The Declaration can only be used to help indicate the intent of the Constitution's framers, but does not create law.
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The Declaration of Independence is not really the foundation of US law. It actually has no legal effect today at all, but it has profoundly influenced American thinking and culture. The foundation for our system of law is in the Constitution of the United States.
The Declaration of Independence was finalized on July 2, 1776, however officially established on July 4, 1776. This is why we have Independence Day or the Fourth of July after this document declaring the United States independent from British Parliament.
The Declaration of Independence is not a governing document (i.e. it isn't law), and therefore was never (and could never be) "ratified". It was adopted by Congress and published in 1776.
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No, the Declaration of Independence is not a law making document. The US Constitution is the document that creates the laws that govern the US. The Declaration can only be used to help indicate the intent of the Constitution's framers, but does not create law.
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The Declaration of Independence is not really the foundation of US law. It actually has no legal effect today at all, but it has profoundly influenced American thinking and culture. The foundation for our system of law is in the Constitution of the United States.
The Declaration of Independence was finalized on July 2, 1776, however officially established on July 4, 1776. This is why we have Independence Day or the Fourth of July after this document declaring the United States independent from British Parliament.
The US Constitution established rules for the US government, well the Declaration of Independence did not
The twelve Tablets were important because they gave Rome its first written code of laws
Yes and no. To declare Independence unlawfully is to declare rebellion, which is an act of war under British law. But, as a result of the Declaration of independence, a war ended.
The Declaration of Independence is not a governing document (i.e. it isn't law), and therefore was never (and could never be) "ratified". It was adopted by Congress and published in 1776.
The right to govern derives from God's law.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence committed treason under British law and an order of the King.
They sent in British troops to re-enforce law.