I will totally agree you have a valid point. But ponder this, both the democratic and republican parties have held fully stacked power at various times since 1

I will totally agree you have a valid point. But ponder this, both the democratic and republican parties have held fully stacked power at various times since 1798. Why didn't any of them repeal the alien enemies act, which is clearly an authoritarian bypass of due process? This isn't an attempt at "both parties equally bad." I understand some people and parties use the powers in a more brutal way than the other. My point is part of the problem is the power is there in the first place. You can't eliminate that with a simple vote, nor by majority vote, and in many cases the process of amending the constitution has been made so onerous you can't do it if it's block by a minority of people (that looks a lot like the guys that signed it).