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It's pretty astonishing how full of yourself you are.

A Defender of the Old Republic, are you? Part of the In Crowd "behind the scenes" that I don't even know about. Woe is me.

Here's a bit of heresy for you. The wisdom of the Founders was that the Republic should evolve, that its laws and governing document should change over time and by the Necessity the People found fit to deliberate and effect.

Of the many insights of the Founders, perhaps the most brilliant was the inclusion in the Constitution of those very tools which allowed it to change over time, so that it would never become necessary for some nitwit to defend the Old Republic against the New.

The Republic lives.

There are two ways to change the Bill of Rights. You can either amend them, or you can declare martial law. Martial law suspends them temporarily. Amending them suspends them permanently. Neither has been done here. They have used clever wording to avoid the amendments and add conditions to them. They get away with this only because our SC is derelict in its duties. The framers of the Constitution took pains to be exceptionally clear about the Amendments. However, the number of people who understand that "shall pass no law" means "shall pass no law" is relatively few.