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

Here are highlights from Stage 5 of the Tour de France.

Here is Ann Coulter's latest column.

Thank you again for printing the Declaration of Independence in its entirety on the Fourth of July. In Thomas Jefferson’s listing of the sufferance of the colonies, I can’t be the only person to be struck by how seamlessly the references to King George III, as “he,” could be replaced with “Trump.”

To note: “Trump has refused his Assent to Laws. . . . Trump has endeavoured . . . for that purpose obstructing the Laws of Naturalization of Foreigners. . . . Trump has obstructed the Administration of Justice. . . . Trump has made Judges dependent on his Will. . . . Trump has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their acts of pretended Legislation.”

Sadly, it goes on and on. When will we be freed from his tyranny?

Mark Garvey

Concord

….serving and doing a great job as your President (including accepting Zero salary!).

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2019

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Here are highlights from Stage 4 of the Tour de France.

Donald Trump’s approval rating is 49%. Barack Obama’s approval rating at the same point of his presidency (9 July 2011) was 46%.

To the editor:

Once again I’m reading about an egregious scoffing of the nation’s laws by an administration that believes it is above the law. (“Is Trump’s 4th of July celebration an abuse of power? Critics say it will be one big MAGA rally,” July 3)

The first time you get slapped, you hurt. The 10th time, you’re numb. Once again, we are supposed to be enraged at the administration’s unwillingness to follow the rules.

But why should it obey the law? All along the president and his allies have been brushing away the outrage of the citizenry and the stammering of ethicists. Why should they stop now?

My question: Where are the ethics police if the president is supposed to discipline his underlings and doesn’t? Are there ethics police? Not only does the administration think it’s above the law, but the inability to enforce the Hatch Act against using government offices for partisan purposes seems to be saying that’s OK.

Protesters across the country are angry, not just at laws passed or positions taken, but at the entire mindset of the administration. And nothing is done about it.

Diane Cohen, Tarzana

Note from KBJ: We love Donald Trump, Diane. We’re going to elect him again!

….healthcare (Obamacare) to stay in place, when it would have been replaced by something far better, shows how incredibly important our upcoming 2020 Election is. I have long heard that the appointment of Supreme Court Justices is a President’s most important decision. SO TRUE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2019

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