LETTER: Right-wing views are outlandish

P. David Myerowitz has once again expressed views in an Inter Lake guest opinion that are so outlandish they cannot go unanswered.

In his July 26 rant in opposition to the recent Supreme Court decision supporting the right of gays and lesbians to marry, Dr. Myerowitz finds “...liberal positions on social matters becoming intolerable.” The source of his frustration with our legal system stems from his observation that the recent Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges fails to take into account that “...a majority of voters in a majority of states voted that marriage is between a man and a woman.” That, seemingly, is all that matters to Myerowitz.

Clearly, it is Myerowitz’ view that any laws passed by popular referendum, or those with which the majority of our citizens agree, should be sacrosanct, without the Supreme Court having the ability to butt-in. Therefore, in Myerowitz’ ideal world, “a majority of voters in a majority of states” could, for example, make “separate but equal,” i.e., segregation, the “supreme law of the land,” and the Supreme Court would be precluded from ruling on its constitutionality. So much for constitutional checks and balances.

As Dr. Myerowitz’ solution for “political activism” on the part of the Supreme Court, he proposes that “... all major Supreme Court decisions be required to have a 2/3 majority, if not a unanimous vote.” It has apparently escaped Dr. Myerowitz that all Supreme Court decisions are “major,” if only from the litigants’ point of view. More importantly, it would seem that a 5-4 court decision in Myerowitz’ perverse world would result in a stalemate, where neither party to the litigation before the court would prevail. Fortunately, the authors of our Constitution had more foresight than Dr. Myerowitz.

It is nothing less than bizarre that those of the radical right-wing who so self-righteously proclaim that the dreaded communists/socialists/liberals are seeking to “destroy” the Constitution, are truly the ones who would trample it into oblivion. —Al Weed, Kalispell