There are many articles expressing what happened while we were all watching the budget balloon to a size that if stacked one atop the other in dollars, would reach the Moon, and this is one of them.

61 Senators voted for an un-Constitutional bill this week. The Reuters article below explains it. "Senate agrees to give D.C. residents a vote"

http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE51P7R720090226

Now, one can argue that it might be fair to give them two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, or that it is a good idea. One might argue with some validity that cows should be able to jump over the Moon, but the laws of physics preclude that from happening, and the Constitution each of them swore an oath to should have precluded them from voting for this bill.

The argument that the United States is the only country that does not allow such representation in its capitol doesn't hold water. We do a lot of things differently than the rest of the world. The American Way of doing things is different for a reason. It is better.

The rules of engagement require that the laws pass a constitutional litmus test for them to be valid. After all, we are a nation of laws, written in adherence to a constitution, not to whim, or it being simply a good idea.

The people who live in the District of Columbia live there by choice. I don't recall any of them being dragged there kicking and screaming, and forced to live outside the normal protections of a state. Washington, D.C. is not a state. The protections granted it manifest in the self-serving considerations and decisions made by the elected officials from the many states that comprise our Union.

The Founding Fathers were very wise in their analysis and gave due diligence to the ramifications of such a system of government. Giving the District of Columbia no states' rights was by design intended to also be a reminder that the rights of the states, and the people in those states was superior, if not ultimate.

They did not intend for the residents of the District of Columbia to become a ruling class, or to have equal footing with the states. Keep in mind that the states are sovereign. Columbia is merely a district, constructed to give the representatives of the many states a place to gather and do the People's business, and nothing else.

Will the District of Columbia next want two U.S. Senator seats? Will they want statehood? Where does it end? Does D.C. deserve twice as many Congressmen as Alaska?

The creation of a power the Constitution does not authorize sets dangerous precedents. Lawyers frequently argue precedent in their furthering the demise of the meaning of the Constitution because its the easy way to get what their clients desire.

In this case, the citizens of the District of Columbia want the privileges and representation equal to citizens of states. The Constitution says no.

61 Senators should have voted no. The Founding Fathers were not cold or indifferent. They were wise beyond OUR years.

The Founding Fathers provided us with mechanisms to address situations that might arise over time. In this case, a Constitutional Amendment is the legal and lawful method by which to garner such representation in the House of Representatives.

Lucky for us, we have a President who taught Constitutional law. One would hope that he has not forgotten what it says about representation, or amending the Constitution. Regrettably, according to this article and others, the former Constitutional lawyer sitting in the Oval Office will shrug his shoulders, disregard the Constitution and his oath he took twice for the job, and will sign it into law.

The outrage is not directed at the citizens of the District of Columbia. Since their informed discretion did not change their full court press to get two Congressman of their own, We the People should have been able to trust the Senators representing the several states in this Union to honor their marching orders.

I would encourage every patriotic American to remind 61 Senators they have an "Employee Handbook," usually found in a pocket version on the coffee tables that litter their offices. It is easily identified and recognized by the name on the cover, which reads:

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Please counsel your "employees" in the House and the Senate, and their shop steward, the former constitutional law attorney their performance evaluations will reflect this egregious usurpation and violation of the employee handbook.

See you in court fellas, and during your next employee evaluation period which We the People refer to as "election day."

This isn't a Republican or Democrat issue. It is a We the People issue, and when it comes to upholding and defending the Constitution, we should ALL have the memory of an elephant and stubbornness of an ass.