President Obama speaks on Saturday about the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, The Associated Press)
Re: Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79, Feb. 14 news story.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.
What McConnell (as well as most of his peers and GOP faithful) fully realizes but fails to acknowledge is the American people spoke loud and clear when they elected President Obama — twice. So by delaying a vote and refusing to even consider a nominee, Republicans are the ones denying the majority of American people their voice in this process.
There is no clearer example to back up the oft-cited, truly American value that elections have consequences.
Richard Smith, Fort Collins
This letter was published in the Feb. 17 edition.At the heart of Antonin Scalia s judicial philosophy was a strict adherence to the original meaning of our Constitution. If the GOP truly stands for that principle, it will move to expeditiously confirm a qualified nominee to the Supreme Court. If not, I can t think of anything more likely to galvanize the women voters of this country than the protracted vacancy of a key seat on the Supreme Court.
Susan Williams, Lakewood
This letter was published in the Feb. 17 edition.President Obama announced the death of Justice Antonin Scalia with some very kind and complimentary words. It s a shame that he delivered them with the emotion and sincerity equivalent to someone announcing Little League baseball scores.
Joseph E. Waters, Denver
This letter was published in the Feb. 17 edition.
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