To the editor: Thank goodness for the American judicial system. It’s gratifying to see that our judges nonetheless consider within the Structure and the rule of regulation. (“Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump’s agenda faces legal pushback,” Feb. 9)
Then, actuality units in. The federal courts don’t have their very own enforcement energy. Rulings, in impact, depend on individuals’s obedience to them. The specter of being held in contempt of courtroom would possibly have an effect on law-abiding residents, but it surely seems to not have an effect on others.
Sadly, the courts stand alone. Congress, the media and Huge Enterprise have already rushed to fall in line behind President Trump. “We the individuals” are being being pushed out, each conceptually and in actual time.
Betty Rome, Culver Metropolis
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To the editor: I didn’t attend Yale Regulation College, however I can’t think about that Vice President JD Vance’s constitutional regulation class failed to incorporate the research of Marbury vs. Madison.
Typically thought of a very powerful constitutional regulation case ever determined by the U.S. Supreme Court docket, it established in 1803 that the judiciary has the ultimate say with regards to what’s the regulation. In all probability a very powerful line says, in essence, that there could be no authorized proper if there isn’t a authorized treatment to implement that proper.
Anybody who believes that this transitory clown automobile of an administration ought to have the ultimate say wants a refresher course in civics.
Jeffrey S. Weiss, Thousand Oaks
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To the editor: Why is The Occasions treating what is occurring in Washington as enterprise as standard?
An govt coup is underway with an unelected non-public citizen being giving unfettered entry to a number of federal companies, and barely are there articles about it in your entrance web page. The Related Press article you printed about Vance and Elon Musk questioning the legitimacy of the courts to test the administration was printed on Web page A5 of the Feb. 10 print version.
Our nation is underneath menace, our data is being accessed, our establishments are being illegally shut down, and President Trump, Vance, Musk and Republican members of Congress are saying that judges haven’t any proper to cease them.
Why is that this not getting better consideration? Your abdication of journalistic duty is heartbreaking.
Megan Torrey-Payne, Glendale
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To the editor: Vance has said (I’m paraphrasing) that if the courts rule in opposition to govt authority, the president can ignore it. Courts haven’t any enforcement authority.
Now we all know why Trump picked Vance to be his vice chairman.
Thomas Oatway, Valencia
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To the editor: Who gave the president the facility to nominate a citizen who’s proof against the facility of the courts?
If the courts can’t management the actions of a citizen appointed by the president, who will?
If Trump can’t be impeached, how will he and his workplace be managed?
If Trump can’t be managed, what prevents him from establishing a monarchy or dictatorship?
If monetary markets develop into nervous, will the U.S. greenback get replaced as the worldwide reserve forex?
If billionaires are pulling the strings, who will defend the monetary well-being of the center and decrease financial lessons?
When you’ve got youngsters, what have they got to sit up for?
Richie Locasso, Hemet
