Is This a Constitutional Crisis?

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To the Editor:

Re “A Showdown Emerges Over the Limits of Presidential Power” and “Trump Causes Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say” (front page, Feb. 11):

Traditionally, former presidents keep a very low profile and do not comment on current events. But I think the imminent constitutional crisis and our current president’s attempt to topple our democracy into an autocracy is a more than proper occasion for them to speak out.

Come on, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden: Make your voices heard! This is unprecedented!

John Willenbecher
New York

To the Editor:

To Republican officials in Washington:

Do you understand that individual citizens have no practical recourse for stopping the president’s current terrifying, lawless power grab? Our vote is supposed to be our recourse. You are supposed to be our voice.

You have sworn to uphold the Constitution, the balance of power, the principles and the institutions, not to ignore them for the agenda of one person or one party. You are the only ones who can restore the balance you are so blithely surrendering to the Trump-Musk administration.

If preserving democracy doesn’t motivate you to grow a spine, look at the issue from the perspective of personal ambition. Consider that the true conservatives in this country are in dire need of leadership. The toadies are essentially burying themselves under layers of chaos and lies.

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