Originally Posted by SteveZ

However, Constitutional "Change" is not something accomplished by the Executive Branch or the Judicial Branch through creative interpretation. The Constitutional Amendment process is solely Legislative and is no easy matter - for darned good reason.

We've already had one painful lesson (the 18th and 21st Amendments) in trying to legislate social change via Constitutional Amendments. Hopefully we've learned from that experience. What may be the "modern" thought can also be simply something in vogue for a very short time, and destined to fall by the wayside for the next "modern" thought.

If one wants to change the Constitution, the process is in place to do so. When one wants to bypass that process through obviously illegal and unconstitutional actions, then hopefully the roof will fall in on the fool.