Court Appeals

Some readers complain about the appeal to the courts to overturn the proposition to curb bilingual education, arguing that the will of the voters should be the final say. I disagree. State voter initiative measures such as this are a means to enact laws, bypassing the traditional method--the state Legislature and the governor.

But the U.S. and state constitutions clearly specify the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government, the legislative, executive and judicial. Just because it is the will of the voters (replacing the legislative and executive branches of government to enact laws) does not mean that the judiciary should not have the ability and duty to have a say.

WILLIAM P. FITZPATRICK

San Francisco