The law and the U.S. Constitution are deliberately made difficult to understand by people like just about every @sshole in Washington who firmly believe that the U.S. Department of Justice is a "fourth branch" of the Federal government that rules over the other three.
You see this same sh!t time and time again -- invariably from career losers (Merrick Garland, Bill Barr, James Comey, Andrew McCarthy, etc,) who couldn't be gainfully employed anywhere outside the legal profession.
You just nailed it. They are compensating for their lack of competence. It’s really sickening that so many Americans have been dumbed down by government schools that they are unable to comprehend the constitution.
Payback is a bitch!