If you recall...
2ndAmendment said:
There is a Constitution without a Declaration of Independence.
Let's remove this from the United States. Iraq. Does Iraq have a Declaration of Independence? No. Does it have a constitution? Yes. What does the constitution of Iraq do? It forms the government of Iraq.
The Declaration of Independence did not and does not form the United States. It expresses the intention of the colonies to split from Britain. The Constitution forms the United States government. With the Declaration of Independence, the states declared autonomy from Britain. They could have remained as separate states with no unification, each as a separate country. They chose to band together, first under the Articles of Confederation and then under the Constitution. Until the Constitution was ratified, the states were still separate entities. It was not until the Constitution was ratified and each state gave up a portion of its sovereignty that the states became united as the United States.
...the whole and entire point of even referencing the DoI in the first place was because of it declaring, we, as a people, believe all of us are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights. I used that, if you recall, as an example of we, the people, disagreeing over words, as we do in parts of the Constitution.
So, whether or not we meant what the DoI says was settled in a war amongst ourselves over that very point, what the DoI says. And, if you recall, one set of beliefs, in the Supreme Court declaring that the Constitution said Dredd Scott wasn't even a person let alone one of we, the people, was right in the middle of the whole argument. Many people disagreed with him based on what the DoI said.
Now, you don't have to agree with that. Maybe it's just an opinion. Maybe there was no American Civil War. Maybe there was no slavery. And I'm quite sure you figure the Civil War, if there was one, was unjust to free slaves, if there were any, based on what the DoI said because that would mean the Constitution was wrong and the DoI was right and that can't be if the Constitution is preeminent.
So, not only does the DoI stand over the US Constitution as our preeminent founding document as a matter of common sense, which came first and set the stage for the other, but we also fought a war to see which one rules us the most. And the DoI, the cornerstone upon which our Constitution stands, is the preeminent US of A founding document.
So, we can go back to arguing the whether the founders would agree you can have a space station that can kill planets based solely on what the 2a says about keeping and bearing but the argument remains; We do have legitimate arguments over words and we refer back to the words, intent and spirit of our founding, preeminent document; The Declaration of Independence.
Now, if you want to go rolling off to Iraq, that's fine to. Guess why we are there?
Because we believe we are ALL created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Us, slaves, Iraqi's, all of us.
This is the part where you tell me I am right and made a better point than you did.