Letter to the editor: Supreme Court in peril

Some people who voted for President Trump didn’t admire his character. However, they knew the next president would appoint judges to the Supreme Court, and it was important that they were conservatives and followed the Constitution.

In the 1930s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was having trouble getting key parts of his New Deal enacted. The Supreme Court kept declaring them unconstitutional. He proposed adding additional judges to the court, packing it with liberal judges. The American citizens, and even members of his own party, objected. He abandoned the idea.

Today’s Supreme Court is conservative. The liberals may decide to try FDR’s court-packing scheme again. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris (when she was a candidate) have said they wouldn’t be opposed to expanding the court, in addition to their platforms of socialism and the Green New Deal. It is part of the Democrats’ plan to undo the rebirth of a conservative Supreme Court. The scary thing is that it might work.

If the Republicans lose control of the Senate, if the Democrats keep control of the House and the Democratic candidate for president wins, then they may implement their destructive plans.

There is only one way to ensure this doesn’t happen. Even if you don’t agree with Trump, hold your nose and vote for him. The future of the Supreme Court depends on us.

Kathleen Bollinger

Fawn