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Letter: Does the truth matter?

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By Alan Cooper
| Shaw Local Verified
Shortly after being sworn into office in 2017, President Trump dispatched his press secretary to announce to the gathered press, and the world, that the crowd in attendance at his inauguration had been larger than the crowds at any previous inauguration. The media quickly produced photographic evidence that proved this boast to be false. The President’s response, delivered by a close aide the next day, was that, in making the claim, the President was simply relying on “alternative facts”.
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Letter: Are we headed for martial law?

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By Alan Cooper
| Shaw Local Verified
Does the Constitution give the President the power to send the National Guard into Chicago, or Portland, or Los Angeles? No, it does not.
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Will our civil liberties survive the Trump tariffs?

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By Alan Cooper
| Shaw Local Verified
On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that may determine whether the Constitution’s separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers between the three branches of the government will survive or be replaced by an autocratic government in which all legislative and executive power is concentrated in the President. The case involves the legality of President Trump’s tariffs imposed throughout the world by executive order.
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