Courts have gone too far

Freedom cannot withstand a hierarchical form of government where one person or group gets the final say on everything; thus, the founders created a system of distributed power such that every official took an oath to the Constitution, not the men in black robes.

The Constitution was written in plain English, and only through mental gyrations and corrupted case law can the current generation of attorneys and judges claim that one plus one is not two, but really three. Under your argument (editorial, Jan. 26), if the Supreme Court said, “one plus one equals three,” we would all have to accept it, even though they are just political appointees of the institution they are supposed to keep in check. The founders never contemplated judicial review, a power the Marshall court gave itself. Since then, juries, law enforcement offices and elected officials have given false deference to unaccountable officials with lifetime appointments and have allowed one plus one equals three to go unchallenged.

It is time for oath keepers to tell corrupted federal officials, “You made your decision; we will not enforce it.” Remember, the main writer of the Constitution, James Madison, advocated this process of nullification Rep. Matt Shea is proposing.

Chris Bass

Liberty Lake