Every law that expressly violates the limits put in place by the Constitution, whether some black robed judicial priest approves or not, is exactly that though... An arbitrary change to the Social Contract.
Ask a gun owner who has been tried and convicted of a "process crime"... Or Vicky and Sammy Weaver if you can find them...
“An arbitrary change to the Social Contract.”
Are you assuming that all past violations by any party simply get a pass?