OpinionNovember 11, 2003
Judges overstep their authority as law enforcers
To the editor: When did this country's judges become the makers of the laws instead of the enforcers of the laws? Three cases in point: the judge in Florida who decided we satellite TV owners could not have the East Coast and West Coast feeds of the networks, the judge who overrode the Missouri Legislature and decided we could not have concealed weapons, and the judge who decided to change President Bush's version of the abortion laws. When did they become so all powerful? Where does it end?...
To the editor:
When did this country's judges become the makers of the laws instead of the enforcers of the laws? Three cases in point: the judge in Florida who decided we satellite TV owners could not have the East Coast and West Coast feeds of the networks, the judge who overrode the Missouri Legislature and decided we could not have concealed weapons, and the judge who decided to change President Bush's version of the abortion laws. When did they become so all powerful? Where does it end?
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D.J. DAWSON
Cape Girardeau
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