Tuning in to Washington Journal on Sept. 17, Constitution Day, I was treated to one-hour Q&A segments with two different constitutional scholars. In the past, your newspaper acknowledged Constitution Day. To your credit, you did acknowledge our Declaration of Independence by printing it on the July 4 editorial page, but there was no reference to our Constitution, which is the document that should unite all Americans.

It is the 11-or-so-page rubric (no fine print) which unites the independent states. The federal branch of government was only allowed to control that which the Constitution granted and the rest was delegated to the states.

Our Constitution is not a perfect document, any more than we live in a perfect country of perfect individuals. But it is a guide to our country’s workings under the law, much as the Bible is the guide to our lives as Christians.

Increasingly, our media and many on the left seem to have no use for our Constitution, but it protects rich and poor, minorities and many of our freedoms against an encroaching government. This long-lived constitutional republic may be running out of gas after some 250 years, but only if we allow this remarkable document to be swept under the rug.

To those who would dilute our Constitution, who would you trust to set down the law of this land: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, the U.N., multinational corporations, Big Tech, George Soros or China? Pick one.

Tune in to cspan.org for an interesting and informative look at this founding document.

Michael Contes

New Kensington

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