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True, but people still basically accept it as a canonical element of American philosophy and believe it should be used to justify governmental actions. The Cons
by cookiecaper 11y ago
True, but people still basically accept it as a canonical element of American philosophy and believe it should be used to justify governmental actions. The Constitution contains the very similar phrase "promote the general welfare".
- bpodgursky 11y agoSorry, HN is full of morons who like to downvote. The Declaration of Independence has indeed been cited by the Supreme Court to give evidence of the intent of the drafters of the Constitution, where the phrasing in the Constitution is ambiguous. So you are perfectly correct.
- Retric 11y agoThey have used other documents from the time period for the same reasons. The point is it does not have direct legal Athority only incite into the way people thought.