Scottish2,
What I meant by the Constitution/Bill of Rights fighting for us is that it is suppose to be the standard or buffer to insure our Rights.
"We the people" are suppose to be the guardians of our own rights. But when we have idiot politicians and Federal Judges trampling and disreguarding those "Rights" written in the Contitution then I believe that's grounds for a revolution.
If we could ressurrect Jefferson, Washington, and Madison and show them the state the U.S. is in and the size of the Federal government they would be the ones leading the charge in this new revolution! The very thing they sought to safeguard against---a bloated, oversized, power-hunger, and out-of-control-government has happened by allowing the Federal Government to become too large and move outside its bounds of intended function.
As for the Patriot Act...It is "Pandora's Box" waiting to be opened! If I am dubbed a terrorist for exercising my 1st Amemdment Right of "Free Speech", then this country really is going to hell in a handbasket!