[Cable225]

The DOI is not a basis for government, but merely a proclamation of causes for insurrection.

Excellent point. Additionally, the Declaration is expressly written to detail the transgressions of the King, and outline why the colonists felt they had earned the right (by the King's abdication of his responsibilities to govern fairly) to form a new Union.

The actual government of the new Union had not been defined as yet.

[Chuck_101]

It may be inconvenient to your argument to learn that the Declaration of Independence is part of the Code of Federal Law