(Letter to the Editor - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection)

With Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, winning in the electoral college and the popular vote, both by a large margin and the Republicans maintaining control of the House and regaining control of the Senate, the Democrats are struggling for relevancy.

The American people know why the Democrats lost, but the Democrats just don’t get it. The Democrats lost because the majority of Americans are not far left radicals like the progressive wing of the Democratic party. Not learning their lesson and working with Trump to support his agenda, which the American people overwhelmingly voted for, the Democrats are determined to oppose Trump and the will of the American people at every turn.

Every night on the fake news, the Democrats regurgitate the same liberal propaganda, hoping they can dupe gullible Americans into believing Trump is a sexist, racist, Nazi, etc. The Democrats have nothing else to run on.

The only other card the Democrats can play is using liberal activist district judges, appointed by Clinton, Obama and Biden, to issue injunctions blocking Trump from carrying out his agenda on immigration, budget cuts, federal firings, eliminating DEI in the military, etc., but do these district judges have the constitutional authority to block president Trump’s executive authority?

No, this violates the constitution’s separation of powers. Federal district judges’ authority is only within their judicial district, not nationwide.

The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section I, reads in part, “The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” The judges, both of Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their office during good behavior. Nowhere in the Constitution is an “inferior” district judge granted authority to interfere with a president’s executive power, bestowed to the president, in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.

Representative Jim Jordan and Senator Josh Hawley have introduced legislation in their respective bodies to curb the authority of “inferior” district courts. Congress had the constitutional authority to create these courts, so they have the authority to rein in, defund, impeach the judges or dismantle these courts entirely.

If the spineless U.S. Supreme Court would hear these cases and rule in accordance with the Constitution, Congress would not need to take action.

Steve Wolverton

Parkersburg