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What is the significance of the Declaration of Independence?

George Washington's tenure as the inaugural president of the United States began on April 30, 1789, the day of his first inauguration, and ended on March 4, 1797.

ANNALS OF CONGRESS
1. INTRODUCTION — 1st Congress (1789-1791)
Date: 01/01/1789
Volume: 1

ANNALS OF CONGRESS
2. THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, AND ALL THE LAWS OF A PUBLIC NATURE; WITH A COPIOUS INDEX — 1st Congress (1789-1791)
Date: 01/01/1789
Volume: 2

Leading scholars explain why the Declaration was revolutionary at the time it was written, and why it continues to be a document of vital importance. What are inalienable rights? Why did they, and do they, provide a basis for legitimate government of a free people?

Professor Randy Barnett is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and is Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.

Professor Steven G. Calabresi is the Clayton J. & Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He is Chairman of the Federalist Society's Board of Directors.

Professor Lucas Morel is the Head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University. His latest book, Lincoln and the American Founding, will be released in July 2020.

Lynn Uzzell is a Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. She is currently teaching a course on the American Political Tradition, and working on an academic study of James Madison’s notes from the Constitutional Convention.

Professor Keith Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Professor Whittington is widely regarded as one of the preeminent scholars on the American Constitution.

Professor Gordon Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. He is the author of several books about the American Founding and the recipient of numerous awards for his work.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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