> How was this ever constitutional?
Never was.
> Was this the first major violation of the constitution
> leading to where we are today?
Not hardly.
Our constitution has been and remains mostly ignored by all branches and levels of government and is only trotted out from time to time to justify yet another usurpation or perversion thereof.
Once in a great, great while an actual constitutional victory emerges, but the rule and trend since the nation’s founding has been to undo the constitution.
“Once in a great, great while an actual constitutional victory emerges, but the rule and trend since the nation’s founding has been to undo the constitution.”
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” —James Madison (Patriot Post Friday Digest)