The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It

http://www.amazon.com/The-Founders-Key-Declaration-Constitution/dp/1595554726

In The Founders’ Key, Larry P. Arnn reinforces the connections and continuity between the two quintessential American documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.  The book is a response to progressives who Arnn claims hold up the Declaration as justification for circumventing the Constitution either through purposeful misinterpretation of the documents or naïveté of their origins.

What Arnn had to say was valid, and his point is quite accurate. But his style is dry and hard to take. Much of what he says has been written in other places, and his bibliography is full of other excellent resources containing similar discussions. But Arnn has alienated much of his audience with his dry prose. While I agree with most of what he says, I could barely make it though the way he said it.

This is one of those books that all voting-age Americans should read if you can get beyond the academic language. So much of our country’s health and well-being rests with proper execution of these documents. We, the voting public, must ensure that ALL of our elected officials and those who are appointed by our officials (all of whom swear to uphold these documents), strive to uphold the truths set forth in the Declaration and the US Constitution.

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