Political Letters

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The section on Letters in the politics web page is probably a too long so here is a link to a page describing letters to our representatives. This page presents some of the letters I have written to our Representatives. It is an explicit request to the readers to write their own letters on these topics and more of their chosing.

If you have sent some letters than merit additional attention, please send them here for posting. And if I can get my bulletin board working well, there will be a section there so you can present your letters a bit more personally and with less delay.

That said, begin with some of mine. More to be added soon. Just so it is said, the letters were written in MS Word. Many will worry that malicious code might be embedded in a Word document so they have been saved as a PDF. It is a text based PDF rather than a picture so you should be able to copy/past the text and use it as needed. If you use these letters in good faith, there is no copyright and no reference required.

Religious Charter Schools

Here is a question that merits consideration for letters to the Supreme Court.

Please reference this article describing a case before the Supreme Court:

  • Religious Charter Schools

    In essence, can the state Oklahoma provide government funds to a Catholic charter school?

    First, from the Constitution, the first amendment, the very first phrase:

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; …

    There are no exceptions. None what-so-ever.

    In the article Justice Kavanuagh is quoted as saying: "They're not asking for special treatment. They're not asking for favoritism. They're just saying don't treat us worse because we're religious,"

    That is a strong and relatively valid statement. But there is more to this, very much more.

    First, go back to the first amendment. If the government supports Catholic schools, they will be supporting schools that teach religion. That is directly against the Constitution. Its not favoritism, it’s the Constitution. If Oklahoma supports Catholic charter schools, then they must support schools that are backed by any religion. To do otherwise would be in direct conflict with the Constitution.

    The second argument is more fundamental. And possibly more controversial. I, average citizen in every single state of these United States, pay taxes to the state to support public schools. Schools that every citizen can attend. For the state to turn my tax money other to a private charter school is just flat out wrong. It matters not who attends the school, or who is supposedly allow to attend the schools. It takes money, that I pay, away from the public Schools and reduces the quality of those schools. I pay my taxes to support public schools, to construct the buildings, and pay the teachers and staff, and many other directly related costs. I do not want my taxes to support charter schools.

    Any thoughts on this topic?

    Presidential Immunity

    The Supreme Court ruling giving the president general immunity, almost, but not completely, was a rather bad decision. Moreover, and possibly more important, it is vague. Congress can turn the around rather simply. Pass a law such that when a government official claims immunity, a trial is held to determine the sole legal point of immunity. No fine or jail term, just the question: Does this official have a valid claim. An example letter is provided here:

  • Immunity Letter.pdf

    It was sent to our California Senators, and to our Representative. It was also sent to quite a few additional people, such as members of the judicial committee in Congress. And the statute suggestion is here:
  • Immunity Law.pdf

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    Bryan Kelly, March 2025
    email to webmaster at mbkelly dot net

    Please put the word letter in the subject line. I get so many newsletters and the such that it is difficult pick out the sent to me the person as opposed to a member of the public. I have a rule that sends everything with the word letter to a specific folder in my in-box.

    Thank you.