Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (17358)	4/24/2000 12:27:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 769667

The Declaration of Independance is a political document proclaiming, as the title says, that some of the British colonies in North America are not under control of the British government. It is not a legal document (as it does not by itself have the force of law). It is instead the Treaty of Paris which carries the legal framework for the independance. The Constitution however is the primary legal document of the United States. It is clearly based on the separation of powers so as to not allow any one group to obtain and retain complete control over the government. As a condition of it's ratification the Bill of Rights was ammended to it with a guarentee of freedom of religion. There can be no freedom of religion without also having a freedom from religion. TP