The constitution is just a piece of paper. It bestows no rights. It can't even defend itself. 230+ years have shown us that.
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
― Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution Of No Authority
