13 MAY 2006, Page 26

Constitutionally wrong

From John Klein

Sir: Enough is enough. The right of the people to pursue happiness is promoted not in the US Constitution, as Charlotte Moore thinks (Books, 22 April), but in our Declaration of Independence. This error is repeated in British publications over and over, but I expect better from The Spectator. The purpose of the Constitution, if you care, is to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.

John Klein

Jupiter, Florida, USA