The 10th Justice

How can America have elected a president who is a liar? My blog, as I have said several times, is named for Judge Learned Hand. He said in his Spirit of Liberty speech that freedom means never being too sure you are right. Freedom is being able to change, to do new things based on new information, to think rationally about the world and one's own circumstances and use information to make things better for yourself and those around you. Trump takes no information into consideration when making decision. The George Washington University School of Public Health did an independent survey of deaths in Puerto Rico after and hurricane  found that the 3000 people died as a direct result of the hurricane. Here is Trump's tweet: Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump  3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time lat...

In an interview yesterday on Fox News, our president said the following about Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General of the United States, “And by the way, he was on the campaign,” Trump said on Fox. "You know, the only reason I gave him the job is because I felt loyalty. He was an original supporter.”  In the same interview Trump also said, “Jeff Sessions recused himself, which he shouldn’t have done, or he should have told me,” Trump said. “He took my job, and then he said, ‘I’m going to recuse myself.’ I said, ‘What kind of man is this?’ ” For these two statements alone Donald Trump should be kicked out of office. In the first statement Trump admitted that he had not appointed Sessions because he thought he was the best candidate for the job of attorney general but because he was loyal. The appointment of Sessions was a payback for support during the campaign. I know that all politicians appoint like-thinking persons to positions of power. However, the fir...