Letter: Constitution prescribes the way to change it
Monday, July 21, 2003 | 8:48 a.m.
I'm amazed at the number of reporters promoting taking away our rights. Will they feel the same when freedom of the press is set aside because it's inconvenient?
What's also ironic is the ignorant things citizens and legislators say in the name of education. You'd think pro-education people could at least attempt to be educated.
The court saying my rights aren't as important as your rights is wrong. When the court gets away with taking one right of the people out of the constitution, even for a short time, no one can be assured they will have any rights tomorrow.
What makes us a free people isn't the government. It's not the courts. It's not even the constitution. The former Soviet Union, Afghanistan and Iraq all had constitutions. What makes us a free people is that we follow our constitution all the time, not just when it's convenient. And we don't set aside any part of it for any reason. If a part of it needs changing, there are constitutional ways to do it.
GREGORY C. WHITE
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