The constitution hasn’t mattered for over a 100 years now
Gun Control/bans
Abortion
Central Planning/Zoning
Asset Seizures
Federal Reserve
Environmental Regulation
Income Taxes
All of this has been taking place way before Cornyvirus
Bingo. I think we made a fatal mistake around the Civil War, when we started transitioning from a bottom-up to a top-down system, with a strong federal government dominating the states instead of strong states restraining the federal government.
By the time the progressive era rolled around 50 years later, the federal government just started taking whatever it wanted and nobody could stop it.
107 years by my count (ratification of the 17th amendment)