Judicial activism overrules people

Five unelected judges took it upon themselves to redefine the institution of marriage in a 5-4 decision, arguing that it would be a violation of the Constitution's equal protection clause to bar same-sex couples from marrying.

The decision has nothing to do with the Constitution, for no basis exists in our Constitution for five of the "supremes" to redefine marriage, which has been with us for millennia. Without review by the legislative and executive branches, five justices essentially chose to reach out into thin air to create a law by reading a nonexistent right into the 14th Amendment.

It matters not that since 1998 voters of 31 states have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage by overwhelming majorities, or that the votes of perhaps hundreds of millions of voters have now been nullified, given that the 14th Amendment precluded any nationwide mandate for same-sex marriage. In essence, the degree handed down by Obergefell v. Hodges says that the ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court.

It's judicial tyranny when the rule of the people is replaced by five unelected black-robed lawyers. The foundations of our representative form of government is being threatened and undermined.

As we prepare to celebrate the 239th anniversary of the birth of our country, it should be of concern to all that our Constitution itself is under sustained attack from an arrogant judicial elite.

Nancy J. Thorner

Lake Bluff