"Arrr, JONATHAN TURLEY be sayin’ a House wench be as muddled as a ship lost at sea 'bout the Constitution!"
2025-01-05
Arrr, matey! Lawyerman Jonathan Turley be sayin' that House Delegate Stacey Plaskett be as clueless as a landlubber, thinkin' she can demand a vote for the speakership! Aye, she be needin' a good read o' the Constitution or a hearty dose o' seawater! Har har har!
Arrr, matey! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn of a lass named Del. Stacey Plaskett, who raised a ruckus in the House o’ Representatives, demandin’ her rights to vote like the elected folk of the states. She bellowed about the “colonies problem,” as if we be still battlin’ the British! Yet, she be forgettin’ the good ol’ Article I of the Constitution, which says only those from the states can cast their votes on the House floor, savvy?In her fervor, Plaskett waved her hands about, plead’n for the voices of territories like Puerto Rico and Guam to be heard. But alas, when she got cut off mid-sentence, she cried, “But I have a voice!” Aye, she surely does, but it seems the rules be clear as a calm sea—the House be for states, not territories or colonies! Democrats cheered her on, but they be pushin’ for a change that could sink the ship of our Constitution!
So, as the seas of politics swell with cries for new forms of representation, let us not forget the sturdy ships of yore that kept our Constitution afloat. The fault ain’t in the stars, dear Plaskett, but in our own folly! Yarrr!