TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump is a traitor, a lifetime criminal, a spoiled child who is using the Constitution as toilet paper, and spends all of his time, when he’s not on a golf course, enacting revenge on anyone who had the cojones to stand up to the brain-damaged schoolyard bully. Therefore, he must pay for his crimes against the people of the United States, and humanity in general, with life imprisonment without parole or visitation, exile to Russia, or public execution. His punishment must fit his crimes. His most recent target is John Bolton, former National Security Adviser. The FBI, like every once respected law enforcement agency, has surrendered to Trump. Once the most feared group of highly principled men and women, it is now an object of distrust, fear, and hatred. Today, under orders from the malignant narcissist, the FBI raided Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland. The raid was apparently conducted without cause. The act was purely political. Another former member of Trum...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Supreme Court of the United States is America’s monarchy. With lifetime appointments and no way to remove a justice from office other than the impeachment process, the nine members sitting in control of our nation’s future are virtually “bulletproof.” President Biden has a solution which I continue to strongly support. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WERE NOT INFALLIBLE Most democracies have either term limits or mandatory retirement age requirements. Our Founding Father’s intent was to prevent a need for political involvement by removing the need to win elections. Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner, who specializes in the Supreme Court, said the intent was to insulate justices from partisan politics. “That was put into the Constitution to preserve the total independence of the judiciary,” said Meltsner, the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law. “Once a justice is confirmed and takes a seat on the court, they’re not ...