In 1994, attorney Philip K. Howard published a slim volume on how pointless bureaucracy and legal formalities were suffocating American life. Aptly titled “The Death of Common Sense,” Mr. Howard’s message struck a chord that propelled his book to the New York Times “Best Seller List.”
We now have the privilege of witnessing a new chapter, written not by Mr. Howard but instead by a President (I use the term loosely) who (falsely) promised to restore common sense by rolling back senseless red tape and repealing excessive government regulation.
The title of this new chapter is: “Infants too young to speak are being summoned into U.S. Immigration Court.”
Of course, when introducing his own 9-month old son to the public, Mr. Trump publicly said of the infant: “He’s strong, he’s smart, he’s tough, he’s vicious, he’s violent.”
If babies can be “vicious” and “violent” in our President’s mind, such as it is, then maybe immigrant babies do pose a threat to national security after all?
Or maybe summoning babies to court isn’t as impractical as I fear. We all know at least one Executive Baby unable to answer questions in legal proceedings who still manages to communicate by tapping out messages on his phone. I wonder — does Immigration Court accept legal filings via Twitter?
I don’t know how many Congressional cowards are ducking and remaining silent in the face of this infantile Assault on Reason. My own feckless TN-01 incumbent, a self-styled “redneck” Trump-puppet who, among other things, wants to repeal birthright citizenship and wants to “bury Democrats,” is certainly not speaking out on behalf of these babies.
My opportunity to vote for change in November can’t come soon enough.