Try this:
"We had to destroy the village in order to save it."
Remember that one? It's from the Viet Nam War.
Will it also be necessary to destroy the Constitution in order to "save" it? It's beginning to look as if our government thinks that way... you know: the guy who swore an oath "to preserve, protect and defend," and the people who work for him.
I'm beginning to be nostalgic for Dick Nixon (something I never thought I'd say!) - at least when he abrogated the Constitution and abused the power of his office out of personal paranoia, he merely broke the law; he didn't have the law changed to make it easier.