The Constitution protects the individual from the laws and regulations signed by a usurper. Once a mandate is imposed upon an individual, the individual can object in Federal Court to the laws and regulations imposed upon them by the usurper. The Bill of Rights protects the individual from will of the people if the people choose a usurper for President.
The BOR is a superb, permanent reminder of rights that supersede government.
As for actually protecting rights, it is as James Madison described, nothing but a "parchment barrier."
“The Constitution protects the individual from the laws and regulations signed by a usurper. Once a mandate is imposed upon an individual, the individual can object in Federal Court to the laws and regulations imposed upon them by the usurper. The Bill of Rights protects the individual from will of the people if the people choose a usurper for President.”
Unless the US Supreme Court decides that the Congress can tax anything and therefore the usurpation of our rights is now just a “tax”. THAT was the court decision in upholding OabmaCare and the argument that the government cannot mandate we buy something or tax us if we don’t.
The Constitution is dead.