Court overstepped its boundaries

Last week’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to continue affirmative action programs again validates Robert Bork’s comments during his confirmation hearing. Bork stated, “If you can put something into the U.S. Constitution, you can also take something out of it.”

In this case, that means ignoring the equal protection clause for all U.S. citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. When affirmative action first came onto the American scene, the logic was to correct the injustices of the past. Now affirmative action appears to be a vehicle to create racial diversity in schools, neighborhoods and the workplace through social engineering. Nowhere in the Constitution is there any mention of racial diversity. There are three branches of government mentioned in the U.S. Constitution: The judicial branch, whose function is to interpret the laws as stated in the U.S. Constitution; the legislative branch, whose function is to make law; and the executive branch, whose function is to enforce the laws.

As it has many times in the past, the Supreme Court has again overstepped its authority of the judicial branch of the Constitution and has become confused about its function and made law totally ignoring its responsibilities under the Constitution. Is it any wonder why it is so important to our country who is appointed to the highest courts of the land?

JIM TAGART

Snohomish