What's sacred about constitutional rights? Why do we go on about it so much? Violation of constitutional rights goes on all the time. They're always before Supreme Courts to arbitrate. Trampling blatantly continues in spite of their rulings to cease and desist. Sure, we hold our constitutions dearly to our ideals but pro- and anti-gun control advocates use them to support opposing positions. Some of us are comforted by references to our constitutions although the evidence shows clearly that societies make of them what they will.