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The Declaration and British Rights

Posted: Sat July 04, 2015 4:25 pm
by Let's all laugh at Rangers
With it being Independence Day, I thought I'd ask.

If memory serves me right, the American Declaration of Independence mentions the rights of American and British men. Have I remembered correctly? Because if so, with the UK being a signatory and the Declaration including the rights of British men, I wouldn't be surprised if the current UK government was in breach of the Declaration (along with the European Declaration of Human Rights, the UN declaration of Human Rights, the ICC, European Law, UK law, The Vow...

Re: The Declaration and British Rights

Posted: Sat July 04, 2015 4:57 pm
by Simple Torture
Home of the free because of the brave!

Re: The Declaration and British Rights

Posted: Sat July 04, 2015 5:11 pm
by 4/5
Let's all laugh at Rangers wrote:With it being Independence Day, I thought I'd ask.

If memory serves me right, the American Declaration of Independence mentions the rights of American and British men. Have I remembered correctly? Because if so, with the UK being a signatory and the Declaration including the rights of British men, I wouldn't be surprised if the current UK government was in breach of the Declaration (along with the European Declaration of Human Rights, the UN declaration of Human Rights, the ICC, European Law, UK law, The Vow...
Um, what?

Re: The Declaration and British Rights

Posted: Sat July 04, 2015 5:54 pm
by Green Habit
The Declaration has no legal binding, in the US or anywhere else. The Constitution is the bedrock of all American law.