The Constitution of the United States was established to define the roll of government and establish the law of the land.  Every President and Congressman swears an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.  However, many leaders in the Federal Government remain ignorant about the Constituion.  In fact, many in Congress do not even seem to be familiar with the Constitution.

Recently, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) showed his ignorance about the Constitution while promoting the DREAM Act.

As reported by HotAir, Durbin said “When I look around this room, I see America’s future. Our doctors, our teachers, our nurses, our engineers, our scientists, our soldiers, our Congressman, our Senators and maybe our President.” when addressing a group of illegal immigrants.

However, the Constitution is crystal clear about the status of a person who may become president.  According to Article II, section 1 of the United States Constitution:  “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”

Perhaps it is time for a new amendment to the Constitution.  Something along the lines of “No person without a general clue as to what is in the constitution and its meaning shall be eligible to the Office of President, Senator, or Congressman”.  Sadly, that would eliminate roughly half of those already in congress and at least half of the population of the United States.

“It’s a difficult schedule” with many members already “anxious” about health care reform” - Senator Dick Durbin

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently commented that it would be difficult to get health care reform and cap and trade passed this year.  With the President calling for health care reform, cap and trade, and new financial regulation this year, Senator Durbin indicated that it is unclear what the priority is after health care reform.

Part of the issue is that the Democrats are trying to push through legislation with controversial provisions that don’t have broad public support let alone bipartisan support.

Earlier in the year, it seemed possible that cap and trade would be stopped in the Senate, but it now seems that the “hurry up and rush through” tactic is backfiring and may push cap and trade out until next year.

Those in congress that were brave enough to do their jobs this August received an earful of reservations on health care reform and are worried about their political futures with an election coming in 2010.  If they follow the Democrat Party leadership and vote against their constituents, they may find themselves part of the unemployment statistics.

If the congressional leadership would only try to pass legislation that most of the congress and public support, they would be able to accomplish much more.  However, since they continue to push unpopular solutions to problems that everyone agrees needs to be addressed, lets hope these bills continue to stall in congress.