"Can you explain the obsession people have with the Constitution?" It's the foundational document of the most powerful, prosperous nation in the history of the

"Can you explain the obsession people have with the Constitution?" It's the foundational document of the most powerful, prosperous nation in the history of the species. Things like that attract allegiance. It would be strange if it didn't. "It seems like some people believe all new laws shouldn't exist if they're not in the Constitution." Your "some people" straw man is likely fictional, or at least very rare. Laws that conflict with the constitution can be struct down via Judicial Review. Otherwise new laws are entirely compatible with the constitution. The US and its various states have no difficulty producing reams of new laws that survive the constitution just fine.