Letter to the editor: Respecting our judicial system

The partisan responses to the Trump hush money verdict make clear the stark choices voters have this November (“Experts laud legal system for withstanding pressures of Trump trial,” June 2, TribLive). We can either elect an unrepentant scoundrel or a sanctimonious hypocrite.

President Biden is calling for respect of the judicial system. Yet he has done his level best to delegitimize the Supreme Court since it overturned Roe.

But then, Biden, the left and their sycophantic media toadies populate a world where principles and gender are fluid, words mean whatever fits the agenda, history is whimsical and everybody descends from royalty.

It is true that some Supreme Court rulings have done more harm than good. Dred Scott, Plessy, Roe and Citizens United are examples. It’s OK to criticize court decisions. It is dangerous to declare that the one of the cornerstones of American democracy is itself illegitimate because we disagree with those decisions.

Despite Trump’s bitter rhetoric, it is hard to argue he did not get a fair trial. Whether these charges should have been brought or the local district attorney had a political agenda may merit further litigation.

History shows the courts at every level have not always been judicious. This does not mean the judiciary is illegitimate. Where will we be if we cancel, for short-term political gain, one of the three legs on which our democracy stands?

Peter Busowski

Jeannette