People think that the Declaration of Indepedenceillegal now. I believe that the Declaration is legal and I don't know why people would think that it is illegal. What are your thoughts on this situation?
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It actually was very illegal at the time it was written. If we wouldn't have won the war, all of the patriots would have been hanged for treason. But since we won the war and we are a separate country, the British can't do anything about it.
Technically it is illegal.
For example, if the state of Hawaii wanted to leave the U.S nation, they could announce their secession. But if we did not want them to secede, we'd have the right to go down there and arrest every seceding officer. However, if we went down there and they beat us down (like we did to Britain) then they could announce their secession since there is nothing we can do to stop it.
Another example of a criminal act that you can't do anything about: if some alien monster as big as the planet killed a person, we'd try to arrest him, even though there is no possible way we could contain him. It's basically a lost cause.
But yes, the declaration of independence was very ILLEGAL.
This is kind of stupid because its just britian who really says this but i get this now and yes it is