There is, obviously, some history that requires examination here. In 1933, an executive order was signed by then President Roosevelt that suspended the Constitution. It was called The War Powers Act or something to that effect. Although, I am having difficulty finding the documentation, I know it exists. By the same token, I can't see the sun at night, but I know it is there.
Democracy amounts to little more than mob rule.
Whatever the mob wants, the mob gets. If they wanted to, they could decide to take away all their freedoms. They could decide that everybody would have to go to the same church and read the same books and newspapers. They could decide that no one could criticize the government or travel from town to town without a passport or quit his job. Sounds more like Nazi Germany than the United States.