We don't want a monarch. Donald Trump is an 'unelected leader' not 'the law.'
One-person rule doesn't exist
Political times become scary when elected leaders do not do their sworn oath to state the truth and follow the Constitution that provided rules for governing.
The three branches were made so that one person doesn’t have total control. Some members seek directives from an outside, unelected politician who assumes their power by controlling their decision making.
The House majority gave up their power and sworn oath when they couldn’t elect a speaker until they phoned their "unelected leader” to get their orders. '
Now, the Supreme Court is throwing out their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution and to keep separation of powers so democracy can exist. The court’s constant delays or rulings for one person proves just how differently laws are applied for a wealthy politician.
Why would he ever want that hard job? Jim Jordan is Donald Trump’s pick to be speaker.
Our forefathers paid a heavy price so that one person doesn’t rule.
These countries’ leaders have immunity to laws: Russia, China, North Korea, and monarchies. Their leaders are the laws.
Vacations at Mar-a-Lago — and whatever is in those taken files — must really be expensive if members of government give their role in governing to one person.
Jean Gawronski Powell, Wellington
Biden, Pence cooperated. Trump needed a warrant.
In his recent letter, "A different standard for Biden" Timothy Michael claimed that President Joe Biden was being treated preferentially regarding past retention of classified documents in comparison to Donald Trump. But his letter omits key facts.
Prosecutors across our country usually try to avoid trials if easier ways to deal with alleged illegalities are available. In the last 20 months the FBI searched the homes of Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence and found classified documents inside the homes of both men.
Both Biden and Pence cooperated with the Justice Department to resolve the problems. But both men should feel embarrassment.
Timothy Michael: A different standard for Biden
In early 2022 the FBI searched Donald Trump's Florida estate due to probable cause that Trump was illegally retaining classified information. It retrieved many such documents. It later became convinced additional classified documents remained at the estate. I
t conducted a second search in August, but only after a lack of cooperation by Trump, and after it obtained a search warrant. And it found many more classified documents.
A special counsel, Robert Hur, a former U.S attorney appointed by Trump, reviewed the matter and recommended against putting Biden on trial. So the two situations are hardly equivalent.
Michael Hamill, Columbus
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Liquefied natural gas permits pause helps Putin
The barrage of bad policy decisions from the Biden administration keeps coming.
The latest head-scratcher, a pause on new and pending permitting for U.S. liquefied natural gas to non-Free Trade Agreement countries, could impact our economy and national security.
Considering Ohio is an energy-producing powerhouse, an indefinite pause on liquified natural gas permits could threaten jobs and thwart new investment in energy projects.
Across Ohio, the natural gas and oil industry supports hundreds of thousands of good jobs across many sectors. Ohio’s abundant natural gas resources help to supply our allies overseas with LNG.
Tim Ryan unrecognizable. Former rep now hired gun for dangerous Big Oil and Gas
Continuing this harmful policy and hindering American energy is ultimately a win for Russia.
U.S. LNG has helped support our European allies while boosting economic and job growth here. The Biden administration must put aside politics, lift the LNG permit pause and prioritize America’s economy and national security.
Gary Garbin, New Albany
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