Leslie Small could not be more wrong in "Obama must bring 'change' to Court," (Nov. 18). She says Supreme Court justices "legislating from the bench isn't really so bad." I could not disagree more, because "legislating" is reserved for the "legislative" branch. See the connection?

She is correct in stating that Brown v. Board was a "sorely needed" decision. Discrimination in public schools blatantly violated the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution, so that was not "legislating from the bench." But she conveniently avoids the single greatest achievement in outlawing discrimination: the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which came through Congress, not the Court.

This is typical of the far-left. They don't have confidence in Americans to govern themselves, so they turn to activist judges to implement their desired social agenda. Far-left judges, i.e. those who "legislate from the bench," don't believe that a blanket hand-gun ban violates the Second Amendment, and yet are more than willing to overturn partial-birth abortion bans, which garnered overwhelming public support.

I will be praying for the health of the Su-preme Court justices throughout Obama's term.

Chris McMonagle

senior-political science