Letters: EPA ruling won't solve the problem
EPA ruling falls short as a solution
Apparently six people on the U.S. Supreme Court know more about protecting our environment than the EPA. What possesses someone to care so little about our children and grandchildren's future? Do some people think that this problem will automatically solve itself, or that we can just push this problem down the road like so many other issues that need to be addressed now? This just baffles my mind.
Bob Hollick, Jupiter
Mandate adoptions for pro-life lawmakers
My wife and I are adopted; both of us born before Roe v. Wade was the law. She and I are both firmly pro-choice. It is our belief that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn was intensely morally wrong. But, for the time being it is done, so we must consider not only long-term actions such as working to elect representatives who will correct this wrong but to take whatever short-term measures we can to minimize the impact.
Since the decision will likely result in a large increase in un-wanted and un-supportable births, there will be a commensurate increase in the number of babies placed for adoption. One suggestion that might have a substantial impact is for the Congress to pass a law requiring that, as a direct result of the recent ruling, every member of the Supreme Court who supported the ruling and every Republican member of the Congress and all members of state legislators who supported the overturning of Roe v. Wade or legislating more restrictive abortion rights, must adopt not just one but two children at birth. I recognize that such a law would not be passed. However, the people who disrupt the private lives of innocent, law abiding citizens should bear the responsibility for their actions and not add to the burden of others.
John Chapman, Delray Beach
Judiciary going the way of partisanship
I have been an attorney for 52 years, appearing before numerous state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Never before recently have I been embarrassed by some of the seemingly political and religious stances taken by our court systems, in particular the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta, as well as the Florida Supreme Court.
Considering the recent rulings on abortion, the continued encroachment on the all important doctrine of separation of church and state, the refusal to extend voting rights to felons, issues affecting voter representation, and the erosion of reasonable gun regulations, it is painful yet fair to say that we no longer have “conservative” or “liberal” judges. Instead, they should be more accurately labeled as Republicans or Democrats. Regrettably, it appears that many of our judges have abandoned their oath in favor of their personal ideology.
Steven J. Goldberg, Palm Beach Gardens
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