How many of you remember the schoolyard game of red light, green light?
There was a leader and players behind the leader. The leader would call green light, and the players would move as far as they could toward the leader until leader called red light.
The objective was to reach the leader before they called red light, and if a player was able to touch them during a green-light session, leader would be replaced with the player.
Someone mentioned to me this is what the White House resident is doing. I think it’s true.
Donald Trump says he is going to do this by executive order. Green light. The court system stops it. Red light.
Trump commands something on his social media. Green light. A few days later, he changes his mind. Red light.
Is our country being run by a children’s game?
I thought we had a Constitution. I thought we had a court system. I thought we had separations of branches of the government to be fair and impartial.
We do.
From the Constitution: “In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”
Someone needs to tag and remove the leader of this political game and get us back to the law of the land.
The Constitution is the guide to democracy for all Americans. No games.
Eileen Cummings
Sequim