Courts changing state of our free republic

Without much comment from mainstream media, the Indiana State Supreme Court recently ruled that people do not have a right to resist police entry into their homes under any circumstances. Two months before that, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled a police officer can estimate the speed of a motorist when issuing a ticket. I'm glad I live in Iowa where we remove high justices for abusing their judicial powers in ways not consistent with state and U.S. constitutions.

Even though I feel great that our electorate here in Iowa is wise to such injustices, there is a deeper problem with modern interpretations of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights by the state judiciary: We The People must have three-fourths the support of all states to make changes to the U.S. Constitution but three individual judges can take those federal rights away. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights or U.S. Code of Federal Regulations does it give authorization to any state court to circumvent the God-given rights of Americans. We all need to wake up. America continues to slip in to something other than a free republic.

Rob Cooper

Cedar Rapids