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It is here in some places. Whether or not it becomes national remains to be seen.

I was in Venezuela when Chavez took over. They had the same belief that their constitution would protect them. They truly believed in it.

It would be harder here, but not impossible. Look at the power the national government has taken in the last 100 years. Look at the ruling by fiat through regulatory agencies. Look at the abdication of power by the legislative to the executive.

In a couple hundred years we have gone from “no standing army!” to the President can send the most powerful army in the world to war for weeks with no prior notice to congress.

We have a government which can fine a rancher millions of dollars for digging a ■■■■■■■ stock pond on his own land. Fines levied by unelected bureaucrats. Even though he got the permits he needed from his county and state.

Yeah, it can happen here. And to some degree already is.

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