Actually, the constitution is not really sacred but has always been elevated to the level of Royalty. Here is the pertinent quote from one of the founding fathers, Thomas Paine.
"Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.”
For perspective, the American colonials also had great respect for the Magna Carta. This respect lives on whenever "We the people" is employed as a concept in a national issue like tyranny in governance, States rights, fair market compensation for Treasury bail-outs, and blatant disrespect of both public good and individual rights at no trade off to each other.
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Actually, the constitution is not really sacred but has always been elevated to the level of Royalty. Here is the pertinent quote from one of the founding fathers, Thomas Paine.
"Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.”
For perspective, the American colonials also had great respect for the Magna Carta. This respect lives on whenever "We the people" is employed as a concept in a national issue like tyranny in governance, States rights, fair market compensation for Treasury bail-outs, and blatant disrespect of both public good and individual rights at no trade off to each other.