Letter: We are watching destruction of democracy

Our legislators are not doing their jobs

In my 10th grade Civics class, we debated the role of state and federal legislators. The dialogue centered on whose beliefs should drive an elected official’s activities. Were they supposed to reflect those of the people they represented, or were they elected to express their personal beliefs in the expectation that these would benefit the citizenry?  Interestingly, neither the Constitution nor the Oath of Office specifies whom Senators and Hous…

Letter: We are watching destruction of democracy

From a young age, we believed that the laws and rules of our nation defined our civility in terms of the values, ethics and humanity they embraced. Since Jan. 20, most of us are witnessing a lawless president disregard our…