3/27/06 - A Sorry Day for the Republic
C. H. McMillan
March 28, 2006
Yesterday the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security & Citizenship took down the American flag. They advanced an immigration amnesty Bill that flies in the face of all that this Republic has stood for from its inception. They completely abrogated their oath of office to defend the Constitution and the sovereignty of the nation.
It was a shameful performance!
I watched the entire days proceedings and observed, time after time, the hurried advancement of the legislation, over objection of some few gutsy members that there simply was not enough information at hand, on a laundry list of points, to allow the Senators participating to reach an informed opinion.
What a sorry way to legislate.
Moreover, this legislative travesty was perpetrated in the face of overwhelming data that the constituents of the supporting Senators opposed the direction that the legislation took. So much for representative government; it's history in the current attitude and makeup of the United States Senate, at least in this Judiciary subcommittee. Tomorrow and the days thereafter will tell the tale on the whole Senate; by past performance, I am skeptical. I only hope that the House of Representatives has the strength to accept no compromise of their “enforcement only” Bill (H.R. 4437).
After, and in response to, the open assemblage of illegal alien invaders occurring on U. S. soil over the last couple of weeks, more dramatically Saturday in Phoenix and Sunday in Los Angeles, what both Houses of Congress should have been doing on Monday was assembling to pass resolution imploring the President to invoke his delegated powers to assemble the militia of the invaded states to repel the Mexican invaders. (Act of 2/28/1795, Stat. 424(1795), 10U.S.C. § 332)
Prior to those gatherings and demonstrations the invaders were, by and large, individual infiltrators, posing only a nuisance and not an overt threat. However, once they assemble en masse, blocking highways, disrupting commerce and intimidating citizens, the federal government was bound by the Constitution to protect the affected states from invasion. (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Secs. 1 & 8).
America today is the laughingstock of the world when, with our military might, we can't find the sense of purpose to defend our own sovereignty.
I weep bitter tears of frustration to have bold proof that my elected leaders have become the enemy.
It was a shameful performance!
I watched the entire days proceedings and observed, time after time, the hurried advancement of the legislation, over objection of some few gutsy members that there simply was not enough information at hand, on a laundry list of points, to allow the Senators participating to reach an informed opinion.
What a sorry way to legislate.
Moreover, this legislative travesty was perpetrated in the face of overwhelming data that the constituents of the supporting Senators opposed the direction that the legislation took. So much for representative government; it's history in the current attitude and makeup of the United States Senate, at least in this Judiciary subcommittee. Tomorrow and the days thereafter will tell the tale on the whole Senate; by past performance, I am skeptical. I only hope that the House of Representatives has the strength to accept no compromise of their “enforcement only” Bill (H.R. 4437).
After, and in response to, the open assemblage of illegal alien invaders occurring on U. S. soil over the last couple of weeks, more dramatically Saturday in Phoenix and Sunday in Los Angeles, what both Houses of Congress should have been doing on Monday was assembling to pass resolution imploring the President to invoke his delegated powers to assemble the militia of the invaded states to repel the Mexican invaders. (Act of 2/28/1795, Stat. 424(1795), 10U.S.C. § 332)
Prior to those gatherings and demonstrations the invaders were, by and large, individual infiltrators, posing only a nuisance and not an overt threat. However, once they assemble en masse, blocking highways, disrupting commerce and intimidating citizens, the federal government was bound by the Constitution to protect the affected states from invasion. (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Secs. 1 & 8).
America today is the laughingstock of the world when, with our military might, we can't find the sense of purpose to defend our own sovereignty.
I weep bitter tears of frustration to have bold proof that my elected leaders have become the enemy.
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