President Trump said he doesnât know if everyone in the U.S., citizens or non-citizens, is entitled to due process â the constitutional command stated in both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendment.
âI donât know. Iâm not, Iâm not a lawyer. I donât know,â Mr. Trump told NBC Newsâ Kristen Welker on âMeet the Pressâ after she asked him whether he agreed that everyone on U.S. soil is entitled to due process in the court of law.
He doesnât know? Didnât he take the oath of office? âI do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.â
If he doesnât know that âdue process,â in the United States, is obligated to all people residing within its borders what else doesnât he know? Even Donald Trump got his day in court!
John Zeller
Sun City resident
Mike Bost (R-IL.) District 12, representing the whole bottom of Illinois, wrote to the Atty Genl Pam Bondi calling for a review of the VA leaders, including McDonough, Under Sect for Benefits Joshua Jacobs, Under Sect for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal and others. This âweaponizingâ of the DOJ, which coordinates with Trump, to go after former department heads placed there by President Biden is part of Trumpâs twisted policies.
Other policies, like uncontrolled ICE raids by men who think they have authority but do not, who traumatized a woman and her two daughters after they moved from Maryland to Oklahoma. They were American citizens, and their names were not on the âpapersâ the men held, which they thought allowed them to trash the house, steal phones, computers, and cash, in the middle of the night. Other non-criminals have been kidnapped and disappeared in gulag prison in foreign countries. Financial policies, which have crashed all our 401Ks, caused grocery prices to skyrocket and other necessities as well, all of which was not what Trump promised.
As the effects of Trump-tariffs take effect in mid-May we will begin to see shelves at our stores become empty. Trump tells us that instead of getting eighteen dolls for Christmas this year, buy two with a little bump in price and tell them to deal with it.
People are dealing with their country and their freedoms being crushed. They are calling Republicans in the senate and the house and telling them what they think. We live in a country governed by three separate branches under the rule of law. Republicans have quivered in fear and given up their power to check this president, but the courts have not, and most importantly, the people have not. No, they are out protesting and slowly they are turning this off-the-rail train around.
Gail Talbot
Huntley resident
Donald J. Trumpâs posting of AI enhanced photos of himself as pope, one a portrait and the other of him signing a document in front of several ânunsâ with a picture of himself complete with halo in the background, should serve as a warning of his Christian nationalist leaning. His adolescent behavior toward the Catholic community and its leadership is sad. But thatâs Donald being Donald! Or is it?
One of the pillars of the Constitution of the United States is freedom of religion and religious expression. The founding fathers remembered what life was like under the rule of the Church/ State. They wanted nothing to do with it. Texas is passing laws that blur those lines. The Supreme Court is reviewing the constitutionality of such voucher systems.
I wonder should this country abandoned separation of church and state, what religion will the government adopt. Trump, who appears to have no preference, except that it worship him, has no clue. Christian nationalists say Christianity is the way to go. Which one? Southern Baptist, Catholic, Evangelical? Will it be at the whim of the president? What if the president picks something non-Christian? Should congress decide? The courts? How about a national election, rigged of course?
Each new day brings another attack on the United States Constitution. With each signing of an Executive Order Trump pushes toward authoritarian leadership. It was only a joke, a silly picture from a silly man. Pictures speak a thousand words. Be careful, you might wake up required to worship a golden idol of King Trump.
John Zeller
Sun City resident
