Immunity and Trump; a dangerous combo

The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to rule on unlimited immunity for Donald Trump. Unlimited immunity means that he would be totally above the law.

Instead of the U.S. Constitution being the ultimate law of the land, Trump would be the law of the land.

This will go down to the local level, where his lieutenants will run the show and have absolute power.

Trump has demonstrated time and again that the only thing he cares about in those who support him is their total loyalty. The first time anyone disagrees with him, that person is branded as disloyal. Good luck if that is you.

What Trump’s supporters also need to realize is that if you grant Trump unlimited immunity, then you also grant that to Joe Biden, and he’s going to be in office for at least the next 13 months.

Russ Button

Pahoa

A suggestion for unspent gift cards

Upon reading your front-page article, “The secret life of gift cards” (Dec. 26), regarding unspent gift cards amounting to tens of millions of dollars, I had a thought.

When purchasing a gift card, the buyer could register their name and pertinent information so that when a card is not used within the specified time period, the money could be returned to the card purchaser.

Of course, the companies that benefit by people not using the free money a card provides will not go along with this idea voluntarily. My thought is to contact U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda to suggest the registration idea.

That’s what I intend to do.

Karen Cooper

Hilo