All I know is what the Constitution says...& have read the words of the Founding Fathers re: how our federal government should act. Our nation has drastically changed not only what it thinks the Constitution says, but also its attitudes concerning what the Founders wanted for us. We have failed miserably in continuing their legacy.
Your post 36, I agree with. Our ruling class in DC takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, and then ignores it.
But that is a separate issue from what we are discussing.
Your post 32 needs an edit from you. I cannot let that statement stand unchallenged.