Within the functioning Constitutional system laws play a critical role. On the other hand, empires are rooted in power and don’t care about laws. They can break laws because they have the might. We cannot solve this problem by introducing new laws, because the power will just ignore them. The solution lies in the power equation. People must gather the necessary power to take away the power from the current ruling set, and slay the empire to bring back what we used to have - an imperfect republic, which can, over time, be improved. Time is running out!