How important is your vote in assuring the integrity of our government? Could it dramatically lessen corporate and lobbyist influence on the election process of our country?
We are now witnessing the tangible results of the recent Supreme Court decision (Citizens United), which allows corporations, acting as individuals, to pour millions of dollars via super-PACs (political action committees) toward favored candidates. These contributions are funneled into the election process on an unidentified basis and are a means for corporations, in effect, to buy political offices and influence political votes at all levels of our government. Proposed legislation, such as the Disclosure Act, was defeated by just one vote. This law would have forced all corporations to disclose all political expenditures that go directly to candidates or front groups.
We urgently need “equal justice for all” as prescribed in our Constitution.
This election carries even greater importance when we realize that the next president of the United States will likely appoint one or more Supreme Court justices, since several justices may consider retiring (those over age 70 years). The current 5-4 conservative majority could be reversed by the next president’s appointments.
The Supreme Court will soon render decisions on such major social issues as affirmative action and voting rights, which have been long decided by prior courts. Re-electing President Obama will be an important step in assuring that such hard-won victories will not go down the drain — and in restoring financial sanity to U.S. elections by overturning the Citizens United decision.
Your vote in this election on Nov. 6 takes on even more critical importance when you consider how the election of the next president will have more far-reaching effects on our personal daily lives and the future of our beloved country.
— Jim Pyles
Elkhart
Letters to the Editor
This election will have big impact on Supreme Court
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Goshen should stick with ‘Redskins’
I must respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Ron Chupp (The Goshen News, May 9). What’s in a name, Mr. Chupp? I too have a Native American heritage, and for some reason, I am not offended by the term Redskins, or brown skins or any other color of skins.
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More important issues than a nickname
I would like to, in the most respectful way possible, respond to Mr. Chupp’s letter (The Goshen News, May 9) regarding the ongoing debate over the term “Redskins” being used as the nickname and mascot for the Goshen school system.
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There is hope through God
May I share what happened to me after praying about the issue of whether to have guns carried by school authorities at Goshen High School. While calling out to God, my question was: Why have we as a nation come to trusting in government agencies, such as Homeland Security, rather than obeying the Constitution in what you have declared through our forefathers?
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Sheriff has this reader's support
This letter is in defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in response to Shari Mellin’s letter (The Goshen News, May 8) about Sheriff Brad Rogers not obeying the laws related to anti-gun legislation
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‘Redskins’ nickname is offensive
The question posed (in the May 5 edition) was, “What’s in a Name?” In the case of the GHS (Redskins) mascot, it is insult, degradation, racism, and an ongoing slap-in-the face reminder of the disgusting manner in which my Native American ancestors were treated by Europeans.
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Millrace projects threaten a Goshen gem
The city of Goshen is in the 11th hour for the five Redevelopment Commission members to hear the voices of its residents concerning the millrace redevelopment proposals at its next meeting at 4 p.m. on May 14.
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We don’t need a community center
We want to keep this short and to the point. We keep reading articles and letters in the papers about the proposed community center in Goshen. Our question is why?
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Freedom-loving Americans want our country back
We are living in unprecedented times. The “America” of today is not the America that many of us grew up in.
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Sheriff should enforce all the laws
Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers, speaking recently at a Republican Party rally, stated he would not enforce laws he views as “anti-gun legislation.”
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Terrorism watch list has loophole
In response to Lloyd Brubaker’s letter regarding gun rights (The Goshen News, Wednesday), I feel compelled to pass on the following news segment excerpt heard on NPR’s Morning Edition the same day:
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