Look at the difference caused by decades of dumbing down our population. When trying to outlaw alcohol, keeping in mind there is no fundamental right to imbibe, elected officials went so far as to create a Constitutional Amendment. Today they’ll remove the rights to property, speech/religion/though, and self-defence/armed resistance with a simple majority vote.
You’re right, they have dumbed down the population, there are those who believe this President can do whatever he wants and he is obliging them as he has no respect for our laws and Constitution.