declarationism

Declarationism is a legal philosophy that attempts to incorporate the United States Declaration of Independence into the body of case law on level with the United States Constitution. Its main proponents include Harry V. Jaffa and other members of the Claremont Institute. Proponents of Declarationism claim that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a follower of their beliefs, however Thomas is more widely considered a member of the strict constructionist school. Though philosophically conservative, Declarationists such as Jaffa have been outspoken critics of strict construction jurists including Robert Bork, Antonin Scalia, and William Rehnquist, likening them to legal positivists. Bork and legal scholar Lino Graglia have, in turn, critiqued the Declarationist position, retorting that it is single-mindedly obsessive over the Dred Scott decision and resembles a theology rather than a legal doctrine.

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