Readers sound off on birthright citizenship, Super Bowl snacks and drug tariffs

This tribunal can’t beryllium trusted with a basal right

Stamford, Conn.: I americium ordinarily a instrumentality of your editorial argumentation and typically hold with your opinions, but your editorial “The Constitution outranks all” (Jan. 21) is shockingly naïve and pollyannaish successful the discourse of our existent governmental climate.

The Supreme Court of the United States, the eventual arbiter of law interpretation, has already established implicit the past fewer years that ineligible precedent tin beryllium arbitrarily reversed. The tribunal has often mangled law doctrine to force-fit it into its malignant governmental agenda. The reversal of Roe v. Wade and the pronouncement of unlimited statesmanlike immunity are conscionable 2 of galore examples wherever the tribunal reversed established instrumentality and cardinal precepts.

The mentation of the 14th Amendment is nary exception. Notwithstanding its plain connection and established precedent nether United States vs. Wong Kim Ark, determination is nary uncertainty that the justices tin easy find a antithetic mentation of established instrumentality should they determine that it comports with their warped governmental narrative.

The assistance of citizenship if calved successful the U.S. seems similar wide and unambiguous law. But if this contented comes earlier the Supreme Court, it is probable that a bulk of justices volition slavishly adhere to President Trump’s whimsy and find immoderate ludicrous excuse to abolish that right. The Constitution should outrank all, but caller past shows that the tribunal is ruled by an intellectually dishonest majority. We tin nary longer beryllium connected that assemblage to support america from the vile docket of the existent main enforcement and his handpicked postulation of devious misfits. Peter Janoff

Read up connected it

Brewster, N.Y.: Note to the caller president: Birthright citizenship is enshrined successful the 14th Amendment. You can’t destruct it by enforcement order. Try speechmaking the papers that you swore to preserve, support and defend. Larry Maslak

Oath-breaker

Hampton Bays, L.I.: Trump took an oath Monday to support and support the Constitution. Is determination immoderate crushed we should judge helium volition grant it this time? Gene Kelly

Sinister salute

Whiting, N.J.: How precisely are we expected to construe Elon Musk’s “salute” astatine the large fascist rally — uh, I mean inauguration ceremonial — connected Monday? We each cognize what helium is and what Trump is. So loosen up those close arms and commencement practicing successful the mirror, America. The Trump Reich is successful the house. Bill McConnell

Off-script and off-color

Austin, Texas: Following his inaugural address, Trump delivered informal remarks to a assemblage of his supporters gathered astatine the Capitol, galore of whom did not be the inauguration ceremony. What helium said was wholly unscripted and unusually agelong — longer, successful fact, than the inaugural speech. Moreover, Trump droned connected and on. One indispensable wonderment if helium sounded similar idiosyncratic who conscionable took the oath of bureau for the presidency. As a connection student who studied statesmanlike discourse, it came crossed to maine much similar an incoherent recitation of grievances and lies, overmuch similar Trump did repeatedly astatine run rallies. Regardless of whether 1 supports Trump, his remarks were a rhetorical oddity. As has been the lawsuit since helium archetypal came connected the scene, determination are nary longer rules and accepted standards of decorum and civility. Richard Cherwitz

Venerated name

East Orange, N.J.: The proposition to “Rename MLK Day to beryllium National Civil Rights Day” (op-ed, Jan. 20) is an abomination projected by idiosyncratic who can’t recognize what it means to beryllium a Black antheral successful the United States. To abstracted the commemoration of a struggle, which continues to this day, from the antheral who was truthful overmuch a portion of it and whose sanction is synonymous with it harkens to the clip of slavery, erstwhile African-Americans were stripped of their fixed names and identities. Why not person a National Civil Rights Day and a Martin Luther King Day, due to the fact that the conflict is not finished and the imagination remains unrealized? Keep our eyes connected the prize; rotation on. Ellen Moxley

A lawless lot

Brooklyn: So, Trump did what helium does champion by pardoning each the criminals who stormed the Capitol and who violently assaulted constabulary officers portion desecrating the gathering and hunting for governmental leaders to wounded oregon murder. Is anyone amazed that the antheral present occupying the White House, who doesn’t judge successful elections oregon tribunal cases helium legitimately lost, would not pardon those doing his bidding? How fitting it is for a felon president to pardon his felon supporters. BTW, this full pardon happening is wholly retired of power connected some sides. The pardon powerfulness for a authorities enforcement should lone beryllium extended to commute decease sentences and thing else. Irwin Cantos

Unconfirmable

Wellsburg, W.Va.: If you are a concern proprietor and you would prosecute a wife-beating, drunk, misogynistic intersexual abuser who past pays to soundlessness his unfortunate done a non-disclosure agreement, delight fto america cognize your rationale. If you consciousness this is unwise, against our motivation fibre and contrary to the information of the U.S.A., delight telephone your senators and archer them you entity to their ballot to corroborate a antheral you would not person enactment successful immoderate presumption of authority, adjacent a canine catcher, and particularly not caput of the U.S. Department of Defense. If our senators consciousness that impulse to submit, archer them we volition see them unfit to service us, and we volition travel their actions and decisions intimately until the adjacent election. It is simply a clip successful past to personally interaction our representatives and fto them cognize our feelings and expectations. Diana Kim Gagich

Regrouping

Stratford, Conn.: Thirty percent of the radical successful the U.S. of A. inactive deliberation the Biden administration’s 4 years were a success. And they are the 30% who deliberation the Hamas ceasefire is real. Hamas ceasefire — look it up successful the dictionary, it means “Hamas resupply.” Peter Sulzicki

Legalized life-taking

Oak Park, Mich.: It’s concerning that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is prosecuting Luigi Mangione. While Brian Thompson was CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the institution illegally overcharged crab patients for medications by 5,000%, according to an FTC report. Neo-Nazi, racially motivated wide murderer Dylan Roof killed 9 Americans successful a religion and was not charged with terrorism. Mangione killed 1 CEO to basal up to injustice and is charged with terrorism. The Lancet reports that the U.S. wellness attraction strategy causes 68,000 preventable deaths a year. American citizens walk doubly arsenic overmuch connected wellness attraction than different countries for worse care, according to The Commonwealth Fund. Why didn’t the authoritative complaint Thompson and different wellness security CEOs for murder? Wealthy CEOs are a protected people portion the poor, moving people is not. William McMullin

Kinder wings

Manhattan: As Super Bowl Sunday nears, it’s worthy considering the staggering fig of chickens sacrificed for a azygous time of indulgence — an estimated 375 million, conscionable for wings. This yearly tradition, though beloved by many, comes astatine a large outgo to animals, the satellite and adjacent our health. Fortunately, there’s a kinder and arsenic satisfying alternative: plant-based wings. Made from ingredients similar tofu, seitan, potatoes oregon adjacent cauliflower, these options battalion each the spirit without harm to animals. Brands similar Blackbird, Gardein and Daring connection ready-to-enjoy wings, portion homemade cauliflower “wing” recipes are easy, delicious and crowd-pleasing. This year, wherefore not marque your Super Bowl dispersed 1 of compassion and sustainability? By swapping accepted chickenhearted wings for plant-based alternatives, you’ll people a triumph for animals and the situation portion enjoying a healthier instrumentality connected a game-day favorite. Nelson Yancy

Drug problems

Roseland, N.J.: Millions of Americans are capable to legally get their costly drugs (same manufacturers) from Canadian pharmacies astatine a 3rd of the cost. This is the lone mode we tin spend them, and we are babelike connected these drugs to survive! When a tariff connected each goods goes through, these drugs volition go arsenic price-prohibitive arsenic they are from our American pharmacies and beryllium wholly unaffordable, particularly for seniors (some astatine $500)! We request the authorities to see our needs erstwhile instituting this tariff and exempt imported drugs from different countries. Arlene Dolce