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Nevertheless, I think I get ; the point Ben was making. • Just because you have a bunch of fancy degrees does not mean you are right, particularly when it comes to interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. After all, that document was intended for the protection of the people not as a means to confer extraordinary powers on lawyers and judges as the “keepers of the book.”
Unfortunately lawyers, and particularly “liberal” Judges on the U.S. Supreme Court have used the Constitution to obtain extraordinary powers never intended by our Founding Fathers.
The U.S. Supreme Court presides over the only branch of our government that is not elected, and its members are appointed for life. If we give the Supreme Court carte blanche to interpret the Constitution any way they want, we will have permitted the government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” to be replaced by government by nine political appointees.
As Mr. Jones pointed out in his article, there are times when it is best to be silent and times when you just have to speak out lest things get out of hand. I feel no particular need to open my mouth on the mer' its of Mr. Bush’s legislative program for providing services to‘ the needy. Others, better qualified than I, can speak to that issue.
’ However, when it comes to preservation of our -Constitution, I feel that it is necessary for me to speak out.
My Dad defended this country and its Constitution by giving up the best years of his life to serve as a Navy pilot.
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