No question, our Constitution has been diluted over the years and the last3-4 administrations only accelerated the desecration. This last one is much worse than the other three..although all four did things wrong, I tend to think they did it because they actually believed they were helping America, as I see it, the present prez is trashing the Constitution in order to cripple Amnerica.
In Dec 1773, our forefathers were dealing with a tyrant so they formed a "Tea Party"...should it be any surprise that in 2008 we saw a rebirth of the Tea Party. Obviously (IMO), real patriots are attracted to the reborn Tea Party, which like the legendary phoenix, has arisen from it's own ashes.