Repeal the 11th Amendment!

You know that I'm a political junkie, and I'm fascinated by the Tea Party movement. One of their central tenets seems to be repealing the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows for U.S. senators to be elected by the people rather than by state legislators. I couldn't agree more. We must end the tyranny of the popular vote. Goodbye, Democracy -- you had a good run, but we're just not that into you anymore.

While they're at it, I'd like to propose the repeal of another, more sinister amendment: The dreaded 11th:

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

WTF were those jackasses thinking when they created this pernicious amendment?

I strongly believe that the judicial power of the United States SHALL be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

Get that? SHALL be construed. Not SHALL NOT. That word "not" is the key word there. It means "don't" or "shouldn't." I believe in just the opposite. If you don't think repealing the 11th amendment will solve all our problems, you're not thinking creatively enough.

Just imagine a world in which the judicial power of the United States SHALL be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. That is a world that I would love to live in.

In fact, in my current existence out here, I am able to travel to an infinite number of alternate universes, and my favorite universe is the one in which there is no 11th amendment. There is also no war, no global warming, and no Glenn Beck.

So I say, Repeal the 11th amendment! Who's with me?