Funny how your newspaper kept the Trump assassination attempt out of the headlines, and your editorial board has remained so silent about it.
Are you afraid that showing any sympathy toward the ex-president might boost his chances of re-election?
Osvaldo Valdes, Hollywood
(Editor’s Note: Two days after the assassination attempt, we published this editorial: After Trump’s close call, leaders must quiet the rhetoric.)
The separation of powers
Thank you for your excellent analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s anti-democratic decision to remove the authority of the federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and give that power to the courts. We can anticipate a similar attempt to eviscerate state agencies.
I served as director of Communications and Consumer Education for the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection for 23 years.
Our jurisdiction was broad, from unfair trade practices to food and product safety, and we knew our laws intimately. Thus, when faced with deadly collapsing baby cribs, Chinese pet food contaminated with melamine or an unregistered contractor scamming the elderly, we were able to act immediately.
We did so with the intent of the law, not from a politically-driven court directive.
The justices and judges appointed by Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis are replacing laws with their personally held beliefs.
The Chevron decision effectively ends our system of checks and balances. The justices should remember: The Constitution created three separate but equal branches of government.
June S. Neal, Delray Beach
Biden must rethink things
The night of the first presidential debate on June 27 seems like eons ago — but not to President Biden. In the intervening weeks, he has been on the receiving end of the harshest political censure of his storied career as a public servant.
Normally, jarring criticism of a Democratic president would flow in one direction, from right to left. Not so this time. Members of the president’s own party, with little or no regard for the much-lauded accomplishments of Mr. Biden’s presidency, are calling for him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.
Citing age-related issues and vitality as conditions that warrant his withdrawal, the calls for Mr. Biden to step down appear to have reached the party’s upper echelon. With fears that his candidacy may be a drag on down-ballot candidates, Mr. Biden, in an act of selflessness, would be wise to rethink his intractable posture.
Jim Paladino, Tampa
Words and actions
Donald Trump has advocated physical violence against some attendees at his rallies. He has advocated shooting illegal migrants “in the legs.”
Trump told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” and not to stand down. He favors the proliferation of military-style assault weapons.
Trump promises to pardon those who violently attacked and killed those who were protecting the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The fact that Trump was violently attacked is horrific. But was he possibly a victim of his own antagonism?
Carl Schneider, Delray Beach
Agitation over litigation
I read the Sun Sentinel article, “Florida abortion financial impact statement immediately leads to controversy.”
I cannot help wondering where all of the concern from the Governor and Legislature is coming from regarding “possible” litigation over the upcoming abortion amendment, considering all of the litigation that has been occurring since they took over our state.
It didn’t seem to bother them during the past four or five years. Could it be the nature of the amendment?
Paul DeYoung, Pembroke Pines
