I would expect the Star Chamber to seal everything. The Bush-Obama team has pretty much done away with the Constitutional rights that we grew up with.
The 16th amendment, allowing the federal government to collect income taxes, passed in 1909. This gave tremendous power to the federal government that was never intended by the founders.
The 17th amendment, allowing direct election of senators, was passed in 1912. It eroded states rights.
When the progressives found that they could amend the constitution to prohibit alcohol consumption (even though it was later repealed), they knew they were off to the races. If you can get an amendment to alter people's behavior to that extent, you can do anything.
Later amendments to allow women the vote, and to extend the vote to 18 year olds brought two huge voting blocks into play who would be easy for progressives to manipulate.
You can blame Bush if you want, but this trend started over a century ago. The blame goes all the way back to Woodrow Wilson, democrat, racist, progressive.
Under a legal amendment process, Americans have morphed their representative republic into a mobocracy. Empires rise and fall, see Rome. I figure we are at about 230 AD and heading fast for a fall.