Well, even the very "Founding generation" passed the Alien and Sedition Acts and fined and jailed people for criticizing the president and disagreeing with the government. They also imposed higher taxes than King George III did.

I used to be a "constitutionalist" and believed, like Jefferson, that you had to "bind men down with the chains of the Constitution." He was even my favorite President, until I realized even he disregarded the Constitution when it suited his purposes.

I've become convinced that the US Constitution is outdated that we need to evolve in our pursuit of Liberty, toward true self-government, not "representative" self-government in name only.