This kind of "thinking" is now endemic among Washington's political elite. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has asserted that the U.S. must "modernize and revitalize" international organizations and create new global governing institutions. Sen. John Kerry, now chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged that U.S. defense policy should pass a "global test" before being implemented. And while campaigning for president, our apologizer in chief declared in Berlin that he is a "citizen of the world."

I am not a "citizen of the world." Nor are the leaders on Capitol Hill who are members of the Congressional Sovereignty Caucus. We're American citizens. We raised our right hands and took oaths to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic … (and) bear true faith and allegiance to the same."

Our Constitution does not establish a role for our courts, Congress or the State Department to build a "global legal system." The only obedience required of our judges and government officials is to the U.S. Constitution.

Our laws do not require "blending" with those of other nations. Our national defense budget is the purview of our elected representatives, not officials in other countries. America's sons and daughters serving in harm's way around the world as soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines deserve protection from "international tribunals." Our Bill of Rights requires no ratification by the United Nations -- or any other nation.

These are just some of the ideas that motivated the formation of the Congressional Sovereignty Caucus. In a time when our head of state is so willing to apologize for who we are as a people -- and so uncertain about whether to support individual liberty for the people of Iran -- it is reassuring that there are some brave souls in our Congress who are willing to stand for freedom -- and American sovereignty.