Try doing that today, and it's called treason, a capital offense.
The foresight of the Founding Fathers is impressing, as was their ability to acknowledge that even such a thought through system of government they laid out could fail to protect the inalienable rights of the governed.
Jefferson, Madison, Franklin and the others thought were not just saying but obligating all future generations of Americans that we must act in our own defense when government will not do it for us.
In the case of Executive overreach, it is first the Congress and the judicial branch to check the Executive.
If that fails, the people must act as a check on Congress.
If that too fails, and Congress fails to represent the people and act upon its constitutional duties, then it is clear that the public has the duty and right to take whatever means necessary to alter or dispose of the government and replace it with a new – unless it wants to depart from constitutional governing..
However, even if the ultimate security check on government’s adherence to the public good, rights and freedoms is codified in the constitution, the powers accessible to the executive are such that it takes a lot of guts from a lot of people to actually act upon it.
The Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence were written before a huge standing army was amassed and placed under the control of a presidency with more powers and less oversight and accountability than ever.
Where and how do conspiracies figure in?
Most conspiracy theories deal with whose and what interests are driving these changes, and how these interests are being acted upon.
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