Our battered Constitution, the victim of domestic violence inflicted by current governmental officials who wield daily blows to its structure, vital principles and psychology, presents a slumping posture, worn down by abuse, robbed of its dignity and traumatized by the indifference of former friends and allies who refuse to defend it.

Those who might lend aid and comfort, including Idaho’s congressional delegation, look the other way, privately expressing concerns about being “primaried.” On Sept. 17, the 238th anniversary of its adoption by the Constitutional Convention, our Constitution, the soul of the nation, is more troubled than at any moment in our history since the Civil War. Worse, remedies seem remote.

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