Judiciary wields too much power

Published 1:16 pm Sunday, January 1, 2012

Regarding the editorial, “Gingrich’s dangerous ideas”: Newt Gingrich has struck a populist note — mine! Our Founding Fathers did design our government with checks and balances, but they are often ignored — including the Constitution. So far the only overturning I have seen is by the courts in overturning a state’s decision. What happened to states’ rights?

The judicial branch makes a ruling (usually against our freedom and pursuit of happiness) and the executive and legislative branch bow down. For all practical purposes the judiciary is making the laws. If our Constitution has upheld freedom of patriotism in schools to recite the pledge to our own country for 236 years (schools and individuals have always had the right to refuse to pledge without reprisals) when did it suddenly become unconstitutional? I don’t recall being asked to vote for a change in the Constitution of the United States of America. Are we still the United States of America?

Sandy Anderberg

Arlington