[Publius]

The people elect the oath keeping officers of government. If the people don’t particularly care about the words of the Constitution, you have a problem.

[EternalVigilance]

"Let it simply be asked, ‘Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths...'"

-- George Washington

[greene66]

That’s where I actually think we are. With the combination of a dumbed-down (and morally degenerate) populace weened on socialist propaganda and cultural rot, along with a massive influx of foreigners who were never steeped in an American heritage of liberty, the country has developed a comfort and acceptance of governmental lawlessness, and are even transitioning into a taste for dictatorial “strongman” type leadership, akin to third-world nations.