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Elections have consequences

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Christine Coleman

Boalsburg

The decisions the Supreme Court has made over the last two years have eliminated rights and undone precedents, overturned Roe, gutted the Voting Rights Act, overturned the 1984 Chevron doctrine and given presidents partial immunity.

I cannot comprehend how Donald Trump's plot to remain in office, to write off the will of the voters, to seek and ask for additional votes to materialize, to do absolutely nothing about the calls to hang his VP come even close to the performance of "official presidential duties."

Six extreme Supreme Court justices, three appointed by Trump, are implementing the transition plan laid out in Project 2025. In addition to opening the door for presidential immunity, by overturning Chevron, these Justices have effectively disarmed the regulatory agencies whose expertise we depend on to protect the safety of our food, drugs, air, water and transportation. With this ruling the Supreme Court says that legislators and judges, not experts, will be deciding what regulations should exist for our safety.

Elections have consequences. Trump's appointments to the Supreme Court have destroyed many things that really did make America great. All Americans will pay a fearsome price for letting Trump in the White House. It's time for hats and bumper stickers that read: "Don't let Trump destroy America again."

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