[Rule of Law]

Yes he is, though perhaps not intentionally.

Once the Constitution is suspended, it's gone.

Ok. Then the Constitution no longer exists. Hasn't existed since Abe Lincoln. He suspended habeas corpus. The argument is moot.

Here's the question. A terroist with a nuke is in a house next to yours. Let's say you have three kids, all at home. You're a cop. If you rush right in, you can defuse the nuke and nobody dies. If you go downtown, wake up the magistrate, fill out the paperwork, and get a warrant -- which you can't get anyway because you used "racial profiling" to figure out who the terrorist was -- the nuke goes off and two million Americans are killed. Including your kids.

What do you do?

Do you love the Constitution so much that you're willing to sacrifice the lives of 2 million Americans (including your kids) in order to fill out some paperwork? Do you really think that's what the Constitution means?

[Mulder]

Here's the question. A terroist with a nuke is in a house next to yours. Let's say you have three kids, all at home. You're a cop. If you rush right in, you can defuse the nuke and nobody dies. If you go downtown, wake up the magistrate, fill out the paperwork, and get a warrant -- which you can't get anyway because you used "racial profiling" to figure out who the terrorist was -- the nuke goes off and two million Americans are killed. Including your kids.

Do you love the Constitution so much that you're willing to sacrifice the lives of 2 million Americans (including your kids) in order to fill out some paperwork? Do you really think that's what the Constitution means?

The problem is that 99.99% of the violations of the Constitution are not of the nature you specify.

Instead, they are intended to deprive us of more of our Rights.