The Constitution was never meant to be a tool for the government to expand its power—it was designed to restrict it. It does not grant freedoms; it recognizes and protects those freedoms that already exist. Yet, over time, the document meant to shield the people from tyranny has been twisted into a justification for government expansion, overreach, and control.

The greatest threat to freedom has never been external enemies—it has always been a government that no longer respects its own limits. The Constitution was written to prevent this, laying down ironclad barriers to protect the individual from the creeping grasp of centralized power.

From protection to manipulation, we continually see the Constitution being undermined.

Rather than standing firm as a safeguard, the Constitution has been reinterpreted, redefined, and outright ignored when inconvenient to those in power.

• The First Amendment, meant to protect speech, has been weaponized to justify corporate censorship and government-controlled narratives.
• The Fourth Amendment, meant to shield citizens from warrantless searches, has been gutted by mass surveillance programs.
• The Second Amendment, meant to ensure personal defense, is treated as a privilege instead of a right.
• The Tenth Amendment, meant to keep federal power in check, has been eroded by bureaucratic agencies imposing laws never passed by Congress.

Each time the Constitution is “modernized” in a way that weakens the individual and strengthens the government, its original purpose is betrayed. The idea that laws should be dictated by an elite ruling class rather than by the people themselves is the very thing the Founders fought to prevent.

For too long, we have accepted the lie that the Constitution is "outdated"—that it must be reinterpreted to fit modern sensibilities. This is a deception told by those who seek power, not those who seek liberty. The Constitution does not belong to the politicians, the courts, or the elite—it belongs to the people.

A government that views the Constitution as an obstacle is a government that views freedom as an inconvenience. The problem is not the document—it is the people who seek to manipulate, weaken, or discard it in pursuit of their own power.

A Constitution that does not protect is a Constitution that has failed. But the document itself has not failed—we have allowed it to be weakened. The Constitution is only as strong as the people willing to defend it. The question is, are we?