Re: Feb. 4 news story.
I am a retired attorney who practiced law in Denver for 58 years. A large part of my career was spent in a courtroom. I represented clients in both state and federal courts, trial and appeal. One of the things I strove to do was to encourage my clients, family and friends to respect the law, our judicial system and the courts. Our judges, both state and federal, are appointed after a rigorous vetting progress. They deserve to be treated with utmost dignity.
I now find myself living in a country where the president of the United States has called a respected federal judge a “so-called judge.” I interpret that to mean that our president believes that the judge is either a charlatan, an impostor or a quack. The judge in question is none of those. He was appointed for life and has served as a judge for 10 years. The message sent by our president to our children, our grandchildren and many other impressionable people is that they should not respect our judges, our courts and our system of laws. Donald Trump is supposed to lead by example. What an example he has set. Sad!
Jerry Snyder, Denver
Re: Feb. 8 guest commentary.
Rebecca Love Kourlis uses analogies and opinions to perpetuate the myth of an impartial and non-political judiciary. This is pure propaganda. If she were correct, we wouldn’t have these defamation derbies and stonewalling each time there is a nomination to a high court. In practice, a judge’s first duty is to promote the philosophy of his party, not the law. Judges frequently rewrite the law and Constitution to agree with their party’s philosophy. And there is no practical check on the judiciary. Democracy is an entirely different matter.
Gary Hall, Denver
Re: Feb. 8 news story.
President Donald Trump’s tweets and sophomoric criticisms of our judicial system have elicited a response from his own Supreme Court nominee that they were “discouraging” and “demoralizing.” Trump responded by attacking the credibility of the senator who relayed these comments despite the fact they were corroborated by the nominee’s confirmation team.
Apparently everyone (except Trump, himself) is a liar. His apologists dismiss his rants as “Well, thatap just his style.” I don’t think so. Trump is the president of our country. He needs to grow up. He needs to stop his incessant bullying tactics. He needs to stop being the buffoon in chief and be more like our commander in chief.
Howard Herbst, Aurora
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