Re: Sept. 20 article, “Battle looms for court seat.”
I used to believe that Sen. John Cornyn was a man of principle. But for nearly four years he has demonstrated that his governing principal [sic] is maintaining his office through fealty to President Donald Trump.
His silence is deafening. Trump lies continuously? Not a problem. Trump blackmails a foreign government to try to get dirt on his opponent? Shrug. Trump refuses to mount a national effort to contain the deadly coronavirus? Well, OK. And now, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the rock-solid principle so vigorously advanced four years ago that any confirmations must await the word of voters in an election year has mysteriously disappeared.
I still receive donation requests from Cornyn’s campaign, urging me to stand up for “Texas Values.” And I will, this year, by voting for Democrats. I still believe “Texas Values” include respect for truth, fair play, hard work and equal justice under the law.
Beverly Showers, Austin
Note from KBJ: We're following the Obama rule, Beverly: a president gets to nominate a Supreme Court justice in an election year.
