Bert Dirschell
Centertown
Dear Editor:
Do you believe in our form of government? The United States was formed in 1788 when nine states agreed to give limited power to a federal government. The powers granted by the states to the federal government were defined in the Constitution. States/peoples fears that a federal government would find ways to usurp power from the states/peoples led to the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791. The ninth (The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.) and 10th (The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.) Amendments, included in the Bill of Rights, clearly show the fear of an all powerful federal government.
Do you want justices, conservative or liberal, who believe they are law makers? Or, do you prefer ones who understand their authority is limited to applying the as-written Constitution? Read about limited authority the Constitution gives the judicial branch at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-iii.
Roe v. Wade is an example of Justices run amok. That decision is based in large part on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868 (Please read the 14th Amendment at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv). Can anyone seriously claim that people in 1868 granted the federal government the authority to prevent states from regulating abortions? Rather than the gods on the Supreme Court stating that the federal government had no constitutional authority to rule on the issue, they chose to usurp the authority. If activist justices can twist the 14th Amendment as they did, they can twist the Constitution to mean whatever they deem politically correct.
Justices on the Supreme Court should interpret the Constitution to mean what it did during the time it was written, no more, no less. Any time “We the People” think the Constitution should be changed to address an issue we can amend it, as has been done 27 times.
If Roe v. Wade were overturned it would put the power to regulate abortions in the hands of Local/State government, where it belongs. Why do liberals think that we people are to ignorant to govern ourselves?