I have had a number of heated arguments with a few here about certain laws that GWB pushed and signed and how they expanded the federal governments role by setting new 'consitutional' precedents that can lead to things like Obama-care mandate once Republicans are out of power. The sames ones call everything Obama does unconstitutional.
After much back and forth and probing they make the case that the issue is so critical to conservative values that our goal should be to get the courts to find a rationale in the constitution for it, much like Democrats do to get their's.
It's the "Fight Fire with Fire" principle.
I too have engaged in these senseless debates over the years and they are futile. In my view, there are almost as many “living constitutionalists” in the Republican” party and “conservative movement” as there are in the Democrat party and “progressive movement!”