Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post

You final statement reeks of the rantings of the radical right, which does not represent the People at all, but simply a vocal minority paranoid at the prospect of a legally constituted government actually taking its role and responsibilities seriously.
Were the Government to take its role and responsibilities seriously they would not have done a decimals worth of the things they have over the past years.

The governing document for the Government severely limits what the Government is allowed to do. Congress and the various adminiastrations have sought estoric means and odd turns of phrase to subvert the intent of the Constitution.