US government wants to usurp people's authority

People from around the world are debating US whistle-blower Edward Snowden's actions and are trying to decide if he is guilty of violating US federal laws by revealing that the government is spying on everyone including its own citizens.

However, in reality the debate should not be about Snowden's guilt in violating a US federal law.

Instead, discussion should be focused on the United States government - our Congress, our executive branch and our judicial branch - apparently all violating the US Constitution and in particular the Bill of Rights.

It is clear that our founding fathers predicted that our government would some day attempt to usurp "We the people's" authority.

For this reason they included a number of safeguards built into our constitution plainly spelling out in great detail the limits of the federal government's authority.

They also plainly spelled out Americans' rights endowed from our creators, known as the Bill of Rights within the constitution.

Our founders designed only one legal mechanism to change the constitution - and that's by a simple amendment.