>The Constitution is not a suicide pact, nor should we allow our enemies to use the letter of the law to destroy the spirit of the law.
The spirit is already dead; read the Bill of rights and ask yourself honestly how each one is respected... the only one that has really a chance of being considered ‘successful’ in that it has been upheld is the third.
I disagree. It's a constant battle to enforce them. And sometimes we lose ground, and other times we gain ground. But for the most part they are respected.