They say one thing and do another. What happens when Supreme Court justices lie? | Letters

Where's the law when Supreme Court justices lie?

The Roe v Wade decision occurred in the U.S. Supreme Court 51 years ago. It made me think about the Senate hearings for the justices and especially John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. When Roberts was questioned for his appointment, he adamantly decried the principle of stare decisis. I had never heard of this before but it holds that courts and judges should honor “precedent,” the decisions, rulings, and opinions from prior cases. The other candidates for the court declared the same under oath. And when it came time to reverse Roe v Wade, they did it with impunity. Is there no recourse to hold these justices in contempt? Clearly, they lied in their testimony.

Jill Tane, Palm Beach Gardens

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Reinstate Florida's 'right to run' law

Now that Ron DeSantis has given up his quest for the presidency, it is absolutely imperative that the state Legislature immediately reinstates the “resign to run” law. Sure would hate to see some Democrat in the future neglect the needs of their constituents while seeking a higher office.

William L. Roth,  Lake Worth

Church and state must keep to their lanes

Religion is seeping in to many aspects of everyone’s lives these days. Not everyone has the same belief system and those who practice a religion should do it in their houses of worship or the privacy of their homes. Some Christians feel it is their duty to preach, save people and spread their word anywhere, now apparently in our public schools here in Palm Beach County.

Perhaps this teacher needs to re-visit American history and read about the Constitution with a focus on Article I to help better understand the “separation or church and state.” This teacher should also be reminded in 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment. This person would be better suited to teach in a religious school. Students would be better served if our schools focused on the academics needed for our youth to be able to maneuver through life and leave the religious instruction to the priests, rabbis, ministers or Imams.

Linda Kramer, Palm Beach Gardens

How much more will the US take from Iran?

I wonder does anyone remember when Barack Obama announced his famous red line in the sand in 2013 regarding the Syrian employment of chemical weapons. They continued, and we did nothing. Now I’m wondering about the Iranian-backed Houthi-rebels who are routinely attacking ships in the Red Sea. There is no country in the world that has a bigger defense budget than the U.S. and in a long military career, I was always taught that our immense capabilities will be a strong deterrent to anyone that would take on the U.S. Unfortunately over the last 10 to 12 years, we found that  to be anything but true. My question for this readership is, when does the red line get crossed and the ammunition source in Iran get eradicated, instead of allowing individual rebel elements to give their life for their cause without making a difference in the continuing terrorism?

George Chapman, Jupiter

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