The federal government routinely violates the 2nd amendment which says that the government cannot regulate private firearm ownership (obviously doesn't apply to people in jail/prison). The federal government routinely violates the first amendment with its passage of copyright legislation that restricts academic publishing rights (even though the first amendment, having been passed after the copyright clause is supreme over the IP clause in the Constitution). Get real, the US Government routinely violates the Constitution. That doesn't mean that it is acceptable.