The Absurd Report

In the France of Louis XIV, the king could say without a shred of irony, “L’etat, c’est moi! The state, it is I.”

In the years following the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, Americans could proudly say, “The state, it is we the people.”

But in this day and age, who exactly is invested with sovereignty in the United States of America? Is it “we the people”? And if so, why do we feel so disenfranchised, so alienated, so used?

Or is it the president? Could it be? Then why does he look so drawn and haggard, so diminished and so beaten?

Or perhaps sovereignty today belongs to the Congress of the United States? Could our elected representatives have seized power from us, right under our noses, and left us none the wiser?

It sure feels that way to many of us who watched the Quentin Tarantino-choreographed pantomime in the Senate the past two weeks as all 326 pages of the “comprehensive immigration reform” bill were shoved down America’s throat to the tune of “La Cucaracha.”

The senators claim that America wants — no, demands — “comprehensive immigration reform,” so the senators all have cleaned their hands just like jesting Pilate when he freed Barabbas and sent Jesus to his death. Only doing what America wants, they say. But America doesn’t want reform that throws up its hands in surrender; it wants reform that enforces the law and enforces the border. It doesn’t want immigration reform; it wants immigration control. It doesn’t want a government that washes its hands; it wants a government that does its job.

Which is why last week I proposed that the people of the United States, through their state legislatures, ought to take back the reins of power and ask for — no, demand! — a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution — in particular, an amendment that requires border enforcement and denies citizenship to anyone in this country illegally, including those who were born here because their parents were here illegally.

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