Letters to the editor

No one is above accountability

The Supreme Court has run amok, and it’s time to get it under control.

For the last year, we have witnessed scandal after scandal come out of the Supreme Court. And in the last month alone we’ve seen multiple breaking news stories about Clarence Thomas’s shady behavior. First, it was secretly accepting luxury vacations and lavish gifts worth millions for 20 years. Then, it was having his mother’s home bought and renovated. Now, it’s come to light that his grandnephew’s private school tuition was taken care of for years. All by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. And not a single one was disclosed to the public.

Thankfully, this bad behavior can be addressed. Congress has the ability—and responsibility—to act as a check on the Supreme Court and restore faith in our judicial system. It’s time they take the first step and pass a code of ethics for the Supreme Court.

No one is above accountability, and that includes our justices on the Supreme Court.

Doug Cowan

Mt. Pleasant

Most corrupt administration in history

It’s always fun to point out ‘mistakes’ that the opposition political party makes.

Worth noting, many politicians and public employees become incredibly wealthy after taking office.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to recuse herself from court cases involving a publisher that paid her $3 Million.

The left has nothing better to do than protest outside conservative justice’s homes, harassment.

Joe Biden who now self identifies as “President” has led a smear campaign, with false accusations, against Justice Clarence Thomas for 31 years.

Hunter, son of Joe Biden, has hauled in millions of dollars from China and Ukraine giving 10% to the “big guy” and other family members.

Bill Clinton was a “frequent flyer” to Jeffery Epstein’s orgy island with under age girls.

Biden’s “woke” Navy uses drag queen Harpy Daniels as a digital ambassador for recruiting.

We can agree that we now have the most corrupt administration in America’s history.

Leland Graber

Wayland

We all have stake in WGA strike

Many thanks to Kalen McCain for his Friday, May 5 article on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its use in script writing and written works in general. I learned a lot by reading Kalen’s well-written, well-researched article on this issue and why the current Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike matters to all of us.

I concur with Kalen’s assessments and insights. We all have a stake in supporting the contract requirements that the WGA is presenting to the film and TV industry. AI-generated content is already out there and there’s lots more to come. The question is, are we going to allow it to happen without requiring regulators and companies to identify AI-generated content? Are we going to demand development and widespread distribution of tools that we all can use to determine whether a movie, TV show, social media post, newspaper article or email came from a living, breathing human being or from the latest version of Chat-Whatever?

As OpenMedia.org puts it, “we need responsible AI development that will balance the real benefits of AI with safeguards against its worst harms. But none of that will happen if we don’t start now.” Action steps to take on this issue can be found at OpenMedia.org’s website.

Thanks again to Kalen McCain for letting me and the rest of your readers know what’s really at stake in the current WGA strike.

Patrick Bosold

Fairfield