The unanimous Declaration of the united States of America and The Constitution of the United States of America are truly elementary documents to comprehend.
First: The signers signed on behalf of their respective body of constituents.
Second: Those signers all agreed to the terms within each respective document.
Third: We must not burden ourselves with what any signer tried to keep out or put into the document. —We need only focus on the content of the signed and ratified documents.
Fourth: We must view the context and definitions for all words used in those documents based upon how the signing generation would have defined those words; thus, using a dictionary in common circulation at that time.
First: The signers signed on behalf of their respective body of constituents.
Second: Those signers all agreed to the terms within each respective document.
Third: We must not burden ourselves with what any signer tried to keep out or put into the document. —We need only focus on the content of the signed and ratified documents.
Fourth: We must view the context and definitions for all words used in those documents based upon how the signing generation would have defined those words; thus, using a dictionary in common circulation at that time.
The Declaration deals with how the people are supposed to work together to control their government towards the ends of equally securing each other's rights; thus, Clean Honest Government.
The Constitution deals with the specific powers granted to government. When constitutional violation happen and We, the governed people, enforce the Rule of Law of The Constitution of the United States of America, to the tune of treason as defined in Article 3, Section 3; we secure Clean Honest Government for the next generation as well.
The people's Rights and the government's Powers.
This is often presented as:
The people's Rights vs. the government's Powers.
The government powers are there to protect the peoples' rights. When this happens, we have Clean Honest Government.