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

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Regarding “Boudin dangerous for S.F.” (Jan. 19): The irony was rich in Kimberly Guilfoyle’s screed against new San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Her last paragraph begins: “For criminals, actions should have consequences.” Immediately below that we learn that she is the national chair of the Trump Victory Finance Committee and a senior adviser to Donald J. Trump for President Inc. Hmm, it seems she makes an exception for the criminal in the White House.

Stephen Schmid, San Rafael

Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your criminality onto President Trump, Stephen.

THE BEST IS YET TO COME! pic.twitter.com/YBMOBurdHQ

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2020

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

It is too often said that a Senate trial following impeachment is political, so the Senate can proceed in whichever way it chooses. Yes, the Senate is a political body, but that does not make an impeachment trial political.

As retired federal judge Nancy Gertner clarifies (“What the Constitution actually says about a Senate impeachment trial,” Opinion, Jan. 14), the Senate has a constitutional obligation (Article I, Section 3) to “try” an impeachment case in accordance with “the specific meaning [of the term “trial”] in the 18th century, not unlike its meaning today.” Thus, if the Senate trial of President Trump disregards the basic elements of a trial, it would violate the Constitution.

While there is no judicial remedy for such a violation, the absence of a further remedy would not make unconstitutional proceedings constitutional. The Senate is obligated to follow the Constitution; senators, upon taking office, take an oath as required by Article 6, “to support this Constitution.” Approximately 500 lawyers nationwide have made this point in a letter now being circulated.

Michael Altman

Cambridge

The writer is a signatory to the open letter to the Senate.

Note from KBJ: Don't worry, Michael. There will be a trial, and President Trump will be acquitted. The only question is, "Will you accept the verdict?" It sounds as though your mind is made up that the trial will not be fair.

Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president three years ago today, on 20 January 2017. I expect that he will have five more years to make America great again. Part of what fuels Democrat rage is Trump's success in rebuilding our economy, strengthening our military, getting other countries to respect us again, appointing law-abiding judges, and ferreting out corruption in the federal bureaucracy. The impeachment is a joke. Nancy Pelosi says that impeachment is forever. It is, but so is acquittal. Historians will be compelled by their commitment to the truth to write that Democrats so hated the president that they made up articles of impeachment. Imagine what President Trump could have accomplished if Democrats, bureaucrats, academia, Hollywood, and the media weren't allied against him. He is already the best president of my lifetime. I expect that he will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents this country has had.