Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

This man, whom I used to respect, is a joke. Does he honestly believe that Donald Trump would be a worse president than Hillary Clinton? If so, then he's delusional.

Stephen Moore nails it. The Bush Cabal will not tolerate its rejection by the American people.

Here.

Here.

To the Editor:

Re “The Crippled Supreme Court” (editorial, May 17):

More damaging than the hobbling of the Supreme Court is the delegitimizing of presidents in election years. Hearing that the president is a “lame duck” with limited powers, might soldiers defy his orders? A president not trusted with the appointment pen surely isn’t trusted with the nuclear button.

Are treaties we signed in election years null and void, having been sealed without the people’s voice?

The Supreme Court can work without a ninth justice, but the president cannot without a clear mandate. Do we accept a hobbled presidency a quarter of the time?

ILYA SHLYAKHTER

Cambridge, Mass.

Note from KBJ: I don't care how this question is answered, but I insist that the answer apply to both Democrats and Republicans. Either both are hobbled or neither is hobbled. I hope the letter writer agrees, but I suspect that he or she cares more (or only) about the hobbling of a Democrat president.

Here.

Here.

To the Editor:

Only passing mention is made of the single biggest time-waster in contemporary society: television. Most Americans are in denial over their excessive viewing habits.

Eight years ago, I gave away my two television sets and stopped devoting precious hours to what Newton Minow, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, termed a “vast wasteland.” This single decision—in and of itself—has freed up countless additional hours for more worthwhile pursuits.

DOUG BRIN

New York

Here is the final kilometer of today's stage of the Tour of California. The speed is incredible. Mark Cavendish of Great Britain won the stage. Julian Alaphilippe of France (only 23 years old) won the tour.

Progressives are totalitarians manqué.