Re: So, he is not above the law . . .
. . . but you would now place the rights of the US Constitution beyond him?
This is one of those judgment calls, and I do agree that he should not have gone public with his feelings regarding the Constitution, but the letter of that First Amendment does say he can, and he did. The danger is not him, but rather a united, unimaginative, misguided force that would have the power to alter the US Constitution to a damaging level (i.e., US voters).
And of course the US media is on hand to relay this error in judgment to any and all -- rather like Reagan's microphone check -- "Moscow, the missiles are on their way. ...Oh, we're live?"
Dan