Politically Appointed Expert Nightmares
Dear Editor, Over 45 years ago when I was involved in my medical education, I took a course in microbiology. I remember the professor mentioning that there was some evidence that bacteria could combine with certain viruses. Just a couple of years later I began wearing a surgical mask when performing surgery. Of course, this […]
A look back into my personal Vietnam
Dear Editor, I became a commissioned officer in the USAF in September 1966. I remembered the orders that I received right after I was commissioned stating “pipeline SEA”. Of course SEA meant South East Asia. In December 1966, I was starting flight training in Texas.
Things are definitely different in California
Dear Editor, Recently I was contacted by the State Bar of California. I was asked to update my personal information and my present contact information. I noticed that there were five choices that I had to describe my sex. Thank God two of the choices were still male and female. One choice I believe was […]
The sixth amendment: do candidates believe in it?
Dear Editor, I decided to attend law school in 1983 when I was over 40 years old and after I was well established in my medical specialty. Because the military had paid for my medical degree, I decided to use my V.A. Educational benefits to pay for my law degree.
Honor the veteran sacrafices
Dear Editor, About this time of the year, I think of many friends I lost in combat in Vietnam. Richard Campos is one name that I always remember.
Rule of law not in the U.S. Constitution
Dear Editor, The other night I listened to Trey Gowdy pontificate and expound on the rule of law. I felt that I had been taken back to Nazi Germany during the Second World War and was listening to Hans Frank . Hans Frank was one of Adolf Hitlers chief lawyers and traveled throughout the […]
Red River Valley Fighter pilots organize
Dear Editor, I would like to invite any veteran who has flown in combat for our country to join the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association. When this organization first began, it consisted of those of us who had flown in combat over North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. The Red River Valley refers to […]
Are Presidential declarations constitutional?
Dear Editor, When it comes to the U.S. Constitution, I consider myself an originalist and a purist. That is why Antonin Scalia was my hero when he was on the high court. Anthony Kennedy, my Con law professor in law school in 1985 to 1986 was neither a constitutionalist nor a purist.
Juries not legally bound sheep
Dear Editor, I understand that Karl Marx wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln congratulating him for being elected president again in 1864. I have always felt that part of the reason that Marx wrote this letter is because of Lincoln referring to the government of the United States as being “of the people and by […]
Juries must maintain impertiality
Dear Editor, Anyone who is selected to sit on a jury in a criminal case should understand what the sixth amendment is really about. This amendment describes our rights to a jury trial after we have been charged with a crime by the government. There are two words in that amendment that are key to […]