Rich,

I think you misunderstand a few things. Maybe more than a few things. The US is not a free society. We are first and foremost, a nation of law, beginning with the Constitution. A "free" society needs no constitution nor any laws. Might makes right in a free society, and you would be only as safe as your alliances make you. There would be no crime, because without laws, no laws can be violated. But there also would be no justice, because whoever forms the biggest gang would impose their rule(s) on anyone who is in the way.

As to the thread title, in the long run we either don't tolerate unconstitutional laws by reversing those deemed unconstitutional, and deciding that the other laws are constitutional. Because the Constitution doesn't anticipate every possible eventuality, our system of courts interprets the constitutionality of laws. The nuance of interpretation is lost on some people, usually folks who have a hard time dealing with the infinite shades of gray that inhabit the space between black and white. It seems like they are able to process information only as black or white, with no space in between.

Sg