I upvoted and completely agree with you, now let me play devil's advocate a bit. :)
The constitution is not a suicide pact. That is, the system cannot interpret the various provisions of the constitution in such a way that would destroy the country. The Declaration of Independence is a statement of philosophy. The constitution is a rather vague and self-contradictory description of structure. Different thing entirely.
Having said that, what has happened is that 240 years has given all the players in government a chance to find edge cases where they can have their way at the expense of others.
What we're seeing now is a state of perpetual war. This was never envisioned when the country was founded. So we're way off the script.
The constitution is not a suicide pact. That is, the system cannot interpret the various provisions of the constitution in such a way that would destroy the country. The Declaration of Independence is a statement of philosophy. The constitution is a rather vague and self-contradictory description of structure. Different thing entirely.
Having said that, what has happened is that 240 years has given all the players in government a chance to find edge cases where they can have their way at the expense of others.
What we're seeing now is a state of perpetual war. This was never envisioned when the country was founded. So we're way off the script.