Your guest editorial from the infamous New York Times wants someone to rein in the renegade Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is not beholden to anyone. That’s the way the Founding Father wanted it to be. The Supremes are accountable only to the Constitution, and that was and is the plan.
The Times, like most of the radical liberal element in the country, looks for some kind of handle to apply its own pressure to the court to achieve its own goals. These oddballs can’t stand it when the court follows the Constitution instead of the whims of a group of loudmouths voicing the concerns of the day.
The Times, the Congress, the president and any other group can make suggestions of what the Supreme Court ought to do, but what it does is entirely up to its members at any given time. It may be time for the Supreme Court to have a code of ethics and a way to discipline it. It may be time for the other branches of government to suggest what that code should be. But it is never time to demand that the Supreme Court do thus or so.
Just because one doesn’t like the swing of the court lately does not give anyone the chance to exercise some control over the court. Back off and let the court be the court according to the Constitution!
Duane A. Rasmussen
Laguna Vista
Voters
fooled
The 2024 presidential election may have the lowest numbers in history. Citizens have become wiser and found that politicians do not care for our nation but more for their lifetime position in office. They feel entitled to retain it at any cost. By lying, cheating, scapegoating someone so they can look good in the eyes of their voters and keep the momentum going until election day and hope for the best, they laid their groundwork to make it happen.
And when it does not happen, they will cry foul! Cheating! Revolution! Just because they failed to get their way.
Even losing is considered. They make false allegations and our media feed on them and make it a point to call them “talking points” as something important. Maybe for them but not the common citizen.
The common citizen continues to get unprofessional, inexperienced, political elected officials with a bad criminal record before they are elected.
Whatever happened to background checks for elected officials? People with criminal records serve in our Congress today, and once elected they cannot be removed because they were elected by the people and only the people can vote them out of office. I believe they have the advantage in our legal system.
Politicians know that voters have short memories and may remember part of the facts or forget them altogether; time is to their advantage.
Sen. Robert Byrd was a high-ranking member of the KKK in his past, won a seat in the Senate, served a lifetime in office and was considered an excellent example of leadership by several serving presidents.
We need to be more informed of the background of anyone running for office today, in all government agencies, from city, county, state and federal government.
Rafael Madrigal
Pharr
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