Many of us mourn the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her tiny body lies in repose at the Capitol, we honor her as a giant of the Supreme Court and an amazing trailblazer. I am not the least surprised that before Ruth’s body can even be interred, the GOP Senators rush to champion impeached-Trump in naming a nominee to fill Ginsburg’s seat, with barely more than a month until Election day. President Trump said on Tuesday that he wants the seat filled so that jurist can help to decide the voting fiasco that will definitely occur on Nov 3rd. Should an impeached president be allowed to nominate a Supreme Court justice a month out from Election day? I don’t think so! Trump has taken steps to obstruct votes being counted; he’s installed henchman-DeJoy in the takeover of our Postal Service. The Trump campaign has filed suit against “naked ballots” being counted in Pennsylvania; the PN Supreme Court sided with the campaign, ruling that ballots arriving in only one envelope (instead of the additional secrecy envelope) will not be counted, which could then lead to over 100,000 received, completed ballots not being counted . Pennsylvania election officials had stated that ballots postmarked by Nov 3rd, would be counted up to 6 days after that date (which is customary for mail-in ballots in other states); that is also being legally challenged by Trump’s campaign, which is targeting PN as a crucial state. Trump won Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes in 2016 with only 44,292 vote-lead out of more than 6,000,000 cast.
Barr & Trump, in a cynical reelection ploy, have designated New York, Portland, Seattle & other Democrat cities as “anarchist jurisdictions”; because of that designation, those localities now stand to lose significant federal funding, even though Trump has already lost court cases based on his same ideology, targeting sanctuary cities. Nearly 100 peaceful protesters, marching & chanting in Times Square on Saturday, Sept 19, were “crushed by overwhelming police force & aggressive arrests”. Trump is still telling his rally-attendees that Covid-19 is “hardly affecting anyone”, though it is the 3rd leading cause of deaths in the U.S, and as we head into a Fall second-surge. Trump is still trying to gut ACA, (with its protections for pre-existing conditions & 25-yr-olds on parent’s insurance) which is scheduled for Nov 10th hearing before SCOTUS, which could also overrule Roe v Wade, Clean Air & Water legislation & more; we stand to lose so much!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Sep 30 2020
Letter to the Editor: We stand to lose so much!
Many of us mourn the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her tiny body lies in repose at the Capitol, we honor her as a giant of the Supreme Court and an amazing trailblazer. I am not the least surprised that before Ruth’s body can even be interred, the GOP Senators rush to champion impeached-Trump in naming a nominee to fill Ginsburg’s seat, with barely more than a month until Election day. President Trump said on Tuesday that he wants the seat filled so that jurist can help to decide the voting fiasco that will definitely occur on Nov 3rd. Should an impeached president be allowed to nominate a Supreme Court justice a month out from Election day? I don’t think so! Trump has taken steps to obstruct votes being counted; he’s installed henchman-DeJoy in the takeover of our Postal Service. The Trump campaign has filed suit against “naked ballots” being counted in Pennsylvania; the PN Supreme Court sided with the campaign, ruling that ballots arriving in only one envelope (instead of the additional secrecy envelope) will not be counted, which could then lead to over 100,000 received, completed ballots not being counted . Pennsylvania election officials had stated that ballots postmarked by Nov 3rd, would be counted up to 6 days after that date (which is customary for mail-in ballots in other states); that is also being legally challenged by Trump’s campaign, which is targeting PN as a crucial state. Trump won Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes in 2016 with only 44,292 vote-lead out of more than 6,000,000 cast.
Barr & Trump, in a cynical reelection ploy, have designated New York, Portland, Seattle & other Democrat cities as “anarchist jurisdictions”; because of that designation, those localities now stand to lose significant federal funding, even though Trump has already lost court cases based on his same ideology, targeting sanctuary cities. Nearly 100 peaceful protesters, marching & chanting in Times Square on Saturday, Sept 19, were “crushed by overwhelming police force & aggressive arrests”. Trump is still telling his rally-attendees that Covid-19 is “hardly affecting anyone”, though it is the 3rd leading cause of deaths in the U.S, and as we head into a Fall second-surge. Trump is still trying to gut ACA, (with its protections for pre-existing conditions & 25-yr-olds on parent’s insurance) which is scheduled for Nov 10th hearing before SCOTUS, which could also overrule Roe v Wade, Clean Air & Water legislation & more; we stand to lose so much!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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