<p>Deconstruction is probative, not dispositive. It intentionally evades explications of its own intentions. Nevertheless, by metaphorically mapping the concepts of “différance” and “the Law”, one may tentatively approach the unapproachable (i.e., an affirmative explanation of deconstruction) by tracing how Jacques Derrida analyzed Franz Kafka’s parable ‘Before the Law’. In five sections, this paper seeks to explain how différance in sign-systems grounds sovereignty in political structures. Sovereign governments are made up of laws, laws are made up of language, and language is made up of semiotics. As sovereignty subsequently grounds socio-political systems, one may argue that différance ultimately grounds the state and its laws. Hence, sovereignty is différance and différance is sovereign. The essay discusses the “crisis of democracy” as a byproduct of the innate instability of sovereignty, which grounds all political structures. A sovereign's power is always unstable, so political leaders feel justified in declaring states of emergency to maintain authoritarian power. This circular instantiation of sovereignty leads to democratic crises when the power dynamic between sovereign and the governed becomes untenable. As a “singularity” within the legal system, sovereignty is the point where democratic rule sets break down.</p>