It's more fundamental than that even. The constitution is in fact powerless without people. That's it. If you don't have the people there's nothing the constitu

It's more fundamental than that even. The constitution is in fact powerless without people. That's it. If you don't have the people there's nothing the constitution can do about it. Might is right, in that dead people don't get to decide anything. If the next generation growing up decided to not respect Congress, then in a generation the entire institution would cease.