What's Happening: We The People

 Not too long ago President Joe Biden held a joint meeting of Congress (or he claims that what it was).  During this speech he said that it was, "Time that we remember that 'We the People' means the government."  I'm not the only one that had an issue with this comment for many reasons.  Mainly because that is not what these words mean.  "We the People" means literally what it says.  We the people of the United States, that is every American.  Me, you, are families, are neighbors, and everyone in between.  If they had meant the Government I think they would have said that, and not what they did.

The Constitution of the United States was written in response to the Revolutionary War, were the leaders of America just fought a war with Britain for the freedom to rule themselves and not by the British Crown.  So, for a group of people who just fought a deadly war against the rule of a monarchy why would they then immediately write their Constitution saying that they will be giving the power to the "government" and not the actual people as it says?  I mean really think about that.  They disliked the government so much that they fought a war to get out from under it, just to give their hard fought freedom back to another government.

We the People means just that.  The people of America for that was who the war was fought for.  That is who the Constitution was written for.  That is who the government is supposed to be listening to when they pass laws, and legislation.  It is supposed to be for the people that they represent, and not for the government.  Don't let the Government take that away from you, it is something that everyone who calls themselves an American in entitled to.  There is little that I think people are truly entitled to, but the freedom that the Constitution provides is one of the few true things that you are entitled to have.

Till Next Time Friends,

Words by Ali