Congress's role is not to investigate

Are the members of the legislative branch of our government finally understanding that their role in government is not to investigate and issue subpoenas -- a legal writ to appear in court.

Sen. Dick Durbin is asking the U.S. Attorney General to investigate the destruction of CIA tapes. This is how it should be, according to our Constitution. Congress should be totally out of the investigative phase of our government.

How did the Judiciary Committee become part of the legislative branch of our government? This committee should be abolished.

Also, the power to impeach the president should be given to the electors. Why? Because until the final form of our Constitution was written, our president was to be elected for one seven-year term by the Congress and removable (impeached) by the Congress for misbehavior. The eleven delegates who wrote the final form of our Constitution decided to have state legislators choose electors, who would then vote for our president. But they failed to give impeachment power to the electors.

The people who hire you should be the people who fire you!

Chuck Coletta

Lombard