The Parable of the Constitutional Crisis

Josh lives.  Josh walks.  Josh breathes.  Josh speaks. 

One day while teaching, Josh was asked, ”How literal is the intent of the Constitution?”

Josh spoke thus:

The prime minister of a small constitutional monarchy suffered a heart attack.
Her pregnancy had come to term.  Her contractions had contracted.  Her water had broken.  Her dilations had dilated.  The head, the shoulders, the torso and the legs had been extricated.
Her minor ministers had received the child with cheers.
The loyal opposition had received the child with an attempted vote of no confidence.
The prime minister had begun her family leave.
Her minor ministers had approached her leave with trepidation.
The loyal opposition had approached her leave with an attempted vote of no confidence.
The nation was close to constitutional crisis.  While the prime minister was on leave there would be no prime minister.
The deputy prime minister was paralyzed with power.  The deputy prime minister, by electoral quirk, was first in line for the thrown.
The king was paralyzed with impotence.  His heir was the deputy prime minister.  His heir was de facto prime minister.
The deputy prime minister was more powerful than the king.  The king’s heir was more powerful than the king.
The loyal opposition was not confident.
All the while, the prime minister was prime minister, by the family leave act.
The deputy prime minister could not replace the prime minister, by law.  The heir to the throne could not usurp the prime minister, by law.  The heir to the throne could not assume more power than the king, by law.
The constitution was paralyzed.
On the third day following the birth, the crisis was averted by a heart attack.  The prime minister had a heart attack.
The papers surmised it was the stress of the constitutional crisis.  The television pundits surmised it was the stress of watching the stress put on the deputy prime minister.  The deputy prime minister surmised it was the stress of watching the stress on the king.  The king surmised it was the stress of watching the stress on the heir apparent.
All the women of the country wondered how she hadn’t had a heart attack from the stress of the birth.
The family leave act was averted.
There was a vote of no confidence.