John Roberts criticizes Trump, Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Chief Justice John Roberts’ rebuke of President Trump for his assaults on the judiciary.
Chief Justice John Roberts has lastly had enough of President Trump’s relentless assaults on the judiciary (“The judicial glower at prez,” March 19).
His stern rebuke of Trump’s newest denigration of a federal decide was each mandatory and long overdue.
Roberts rightly identified that for over 200 years, impeachment has by no means been an applicable response to judicial rulings.
Trump thinks he’s above the law, a self-proclaimed king.
Roberts has achieved a public service in reaffirming that the chief department isn’t the one department with authority.
The government should be held accountable.
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township, Pa.
For all of the complaints about Trump being a dictator, how do people justify unelected judges overriding presidential authority?
So a lot for Supreme Court justices being non-ideological.
Chief Justice John Roberts is defending liberal activist judges, similar to when he saddled us with ObamaCare.
Maybe it’s Roberts who must be impeached.
Walter Goldeski
East Brunswick, NJ
The Trump administration ignoring courtroom orders units a harmful precedent.
But an equally harmful precedent is being set by the judiciary itself — flagrantly disregarding the separation of powers.
A single federal decide ruled that the chief department can’t instantly deport harmful unlawful aliens. This defies common sense.
The chief justice can be clever to rein in federal judges who imagine they’ve unchecked authority over the president’s constitutional powers.
John Peters
San Antonio, Texas
The United States is no longer teetering on the brink of a constitutional disaster — it has already fallen into one.
The Constitution was designed to stop tyranny, however relentless assaults on our freedoms by Donald Trump, with the total help of congressional Republicans, have rendered it almost powerless.
Trump’s disregard for the rule of law is abundantly documented.
Calling for a decide’s impeachment is simply the most recent entry in a long historical past of disgraces.
Jane Larkin
Tampa, Fla.
Yes, the rule of law should be adopted.
But why was it ignored when unlawful migrants had been welcomed with open arms on the Roosevelt Hotel?
Yes, deportations should be legal. Yes, these being expelled ought to have due course of.
I hope this case will make it to the Supreme Court.
But earlier than that, we should rethink the sweeping authority of lower-court judges can who difficulty nationwide injunctions that have an effect on us all.
Leonard Toboroff
Manhattan
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The Issue: NASA astronauts’ return to Earth after 9 months caught on the International Space Station.
Elon Musk is a man who finds methods to make issues occur the place others have failed (“They came from outer space,” March 19).
His philosophy is straightforward: Lead, observe or get out of the best way.
Congratulations to the astronauts, to SpaceX and to Musk for yet one more outstanding achievement.
Vincent Ruggiero
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Thanks to Elon Musk, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have safely returned to Earth after 9 months stranded in space.
No doubt each they and their households are overjoyed.
Hopefully, their rehabilitation period as they acclimate to Earth’s gravity goes easily.
Let’s additionally hope that Musk receives the popularity he deserves, quite than the same old criticism from the left-leaning media.
He achieved what NASA proved it couldn’t.
JoAnn Lee Frank
Clearwater, Fla.
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