Stud!!!
Clarence Thomas just declared that “consent of the governed” is the only legitimate source of government power.
“We The People can never legitimately consent to the violation of our God-given equality.”
“The Declaration made it clear.”
“The purpose of government is to protect our God-given unalienable rights.”
“It can be easy to forget 250 years later the courage it took for those 56 men to sign the Declaration.”
“Those men committed treason against the king, risking death at the hands of an empire far mightier than the newborn United States.”
“The ideas of the Declaration are so powerful that our nation could not coexist with the contradiction… of slavery.”
“Those ideas have been so powerful that they convinced our nation to finally end segregation.”
“They continue to be so powerful today that they have inspired people throughout the world to throw off the shackles of their own oppressors.”
“And it all began with our founders declaring in 1776… that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.”
“That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“We should also not forget the important sentence that follows.”
“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
