Republicans, like their left-wing counterparts in the Democratic Party, see the Constitution as a means to increase the government’s scope over our lives. We younger generations—at least those individuals wishing to live in a freer country—realize something is wrong, but many cannot put their finger on the culprit.

I say the culprit is the very document that is supposed to protect us from these domestic tyrannies. If a presidential impeachment were a real possibility in our current political sphere, it’s clear it would’ve already happened.

Let’s take a quick look at how the Obama administration has treated some of our Bill of Rights.

Free speech.

Attorney General Eric Holder subpoenaed of a New York Times reporter who had refused to release the name of a confidential source for his book about CIA efforts to disrupt Iran’s nuclear research. Then came Obama’s battle against Julian Assange .

Bearing arms.

Obama boiled down his gun stance in 2008: “I am not in favor of concealed weapons.” In other words, you’re allowed to own firearms as long as the executive branch can tell you exactly how and when to use them. In the meantime, his administration gave thousands of semi-automatic weapons to violent cartels.

Unreasonable search and seizure.

Obama’s extension of the Patriot Act is an explicit continuation of Bush’s anti-civil liberties agenda. He has also stood up for TSA’s grotesque actions, i.e . molesting innocent little girls, at our airports, just in case the terrorists magically recruited them while their parents were sleeping. Often governments do establish an asterisk excluding the Fourth Amendment in times of continuous war.

Legal procedure.

The assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki set a terriblee precedent with regard to due process. Now, in addition to Obama signing the indefinite detention provision, future presidents will feel free to use loose discretion. If Peter King were to have his way in declaring WikiLeaks a terrorist organization, think about how these would affect writers who openly support the website’s revelations.

States’ rights.

Obama stated that he wouldn’t circumvent states’ rights, yet the federal government has continued raiding buildings in Oregon even though medical marijuana dispensaries are legal. Similar illegal crackdowns are taking place in California. The FDA is also imprisoning people who drink raw milk.

As I stated above, an attempt to impeach Obama would be pointless, just as it would have been pointless to impeach Bush. The Constitution, despite its placement in small government rhetoric, is no friend of liberty nor should it be used as a tool for such goals.

Osama bin Laden’s living intention during the war on terror was to bankrupt—ethically and financially—the American population through the means of our own government’s actions. And each day we find ourselves digging further and further into his evil trap.

The Constitution that created the federal government is the same legal document that created the very judicial system betraying our trust.

Maybe we need to listen to Lysander Spooner, who wrote, “[The Constitution] 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.”

The purpose is self-defeating. It is a hungry animal eating itself until nothing is left.