BTTT!
You nailed it, Joanie---especially the warning from Adams. He's the one who warned us about "our chains resting lightly" too.
So why aren't we listening to the wise men of our past?
'Cuz those DeadWhiteChristianMales got nothing to offer a Progressive Society like our own...that's why we so wantonly ignore the Constitution, to our everlasting detriment, imho...MUD