"American Consitutionalism rests on four pillars: the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation; the Northwest Ordinance of 1787; and the Constitution. These fundamental documents, which have the collective title "The Organic Laws of the United States of America", are the first section of THE UNITED STATES CODE, the official text of the statute laws of the federal government."

And? The Declaration of Independence is not a binding legal document. It's legal significance is exclusively as an input to the Constitution. (Well, that and severing us from England).

You probably ought to make the provenance of that quote known, too:

http://candst.tripod.com/doinotlaw.htm

Or, just read more of his site; the most recent SCOTUS decision he cites on it includes the text:

"The Declaration of Independence, however, is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts"

I have to ask... if you believe that the Declaration is a binding legal document, do you also believe, as the Declaration asserts, that all our rights come from God?

So, the statement of our founding principles are just verbal chaff to be ignored? Hypocrisy isn't a legal state; its a moral one.