Reps. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Richard Hudson, R-N.C., just put a loaded gun up to the head of democracy and pulled the trigger. Fortunately, the safety was on.

This time it was a threat. But what happens next time when the safety is off? When the court is compromised by partisan judges, who will side with party over country? Party over democracy.

Just a matter of time?

— Michael Young 

Salisbury