The theory of popular government and inalienable rights is the most famous part of the #DeclarationofIndependence.
Today, we should also recall its indictments of the king: they charge him with abuses of power to corrupt legal and political institutions of self-governance. 1/2
That’s right: the Declaration is a legalistic indictment of a constitutional figurehead. The cornerstone of American independence is that such a figurehead can never be immune from those charges—it’s the duty of the people to levy them “in the course of human events.” 2/2
