Letter: Our welcome return to the Constitution

After decades of progressively moving the governance of this nation from one of representative legislation (state or federal level) to one of judicial and nonelected self-empowered department and agency overreach, it is refreshing and comforting to return to the foundation of our governance as defined by our Constitution, where if not explicitly annotated in the Constitution then representative legislatures (primarily state but alternatively federal) may either create law ... or change the Constitution via convention with representative vote.

Though the majority of the movement away from representative legislation is, by far, led by the consistent march further "left," the "right" is not innocent in this anarchy of American governance; as it can wickedly serve those in power as additional tools to hidden non-legislatively implementation of their policy and/or ideology.

Politicians like things they can hide behind and then "attack" the other side with garbage rhetoric.

I can only guess that most of us have forgotten that if not explicitly defined within our Constitution, that the federalist structure returns the decision-making power to the people via state representative legislation. What is wrong with that? The direction of law in the hands closest to the people affected.

For those who question the viability of our Constitution in today's world, I encourage you and your chosen ideological side to take full advantage of the avenues for change that are defined within the Constitution itself ... either pass policy, procedure, regulation or law by representative legislative action at the state or federal level ... or change the Constitution by constitutional convention.

Ignoring these avenues and/or subverting the Constitution by non-represented entity/avenue is, at the least, anarchy against this country and its governance mechanism.

Unfortunately, "we the people" have allowed this for some time now and it's not good. It's time to correct a very bad direction.

Rod Sink

Elgin