Women: Vote to keep from returning to the dark ages
To the women of the world:
I write this message to all of you, but particularly on behalf of my granddaughter and my daughters-in-law, who are now experiencing the removal of their rights that women like me fought for all of our lives.
The appalling and sexist remarks pervading one of our political parties are reprehensible and abhorrent. These men are intentionally insulting and attempting to intimidate the women and girls of America. They wish to silence us and to force us to return to the disrespect of women over centuries in our country.
We cannot and must not allow that to happen! We must organize and utilize all of our available resources to let these politicians know that the women and girls of this country and the world will not allow their intimidation, their disrespect, their intolerance, or their stupidity to take away our rights, our voices, and our power.
Women unite! Women fight!
Gail Bell, Denver
Women, Ladies, Young Ladies,
When you make a decision about your future, remember this: Women in the United States began in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, asking for the right to vote. It took from then to August 18, 1920, to be granted the privilege to have this right. The decisions not to give women the right to vote were all being handled by men. What were they afraid of?
Remember this when you vote. And remember to vote!
Colleen Ostlund, Boulder
Tinkering with the Supreme Court
Re: “Biden wants term limits for justices,” July 30 news story
As a retired political scientist, I have to pipe in on a rather radical proposal of President Joe Biden to limit the terms of federal justices. Clearly, the founding fathers wanted a system of checks and balances. Simply put, we elect two branches of government (the presidency and the U.S. Congress) under the guise of “majority rule,” while the federal courts are insulated from public opinion by presidential selection with senatorial consent. This is what is meant by the “rule of law.”
One can look at numerous examples of corruption at the state level with an elected (and term-limited) judicial. I recall, in the 1960s, a wave of so-called liberal decisions by the Warren Court that caused conservatives to call for the impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren. The reality is luck of the draw.
For the Supreme Court, there are no age restrictions, either minimum or maximum (unlike the two elected branches). We can assume that with the election of a president (by the states) as well as the two chambers of Congress, the mood of the country can be gauged by judicial selection and confirmation.
Paul Crumby, Loveland
Those were the days
Re: Mayor Mike Johnston says he’s trying to keep Denver from becoming San Francisco: “The stakes feel so high,” July 28 news story
Former Denver Mayor Federico Peña once asked us to “Imagine a Great City.”
Denver did, and decades of new development, improved roads, new stadiums, sports franchises, and entertainment venues followed.
Now, Mayor Mike Johnston wants us to imagine a different sort of city: one attracting more homeless, more illegally present “newcomers,” less policing, and sky-high taxes. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he was the least radical of a slew of mayoral candidates!
Mister, we could use a man like Federico Peña again!
Jonathan Williams, Denver
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