To the editor: In the days of Jim Crow, it was often said that the rights of the states had to be respected by the federal government. That same statement of the rights of the states and the transmission of power to the 50 states returned in the 1970s and was called the Rebellion of Artemis in the West.
Protecting the rights of states to make their own laws and establish their own regulatory standards has been a republican tenant mainly during the last decades. The federal government has become too strong, too powerful, they said.
So what happens now? The United States Senate votes to annul the planned transition from California to electric and hybrid cars (“The Senate votes to revoke the historical prohibition of California of the new car sales only for gas,” “ May 22) and the federal government Salta to keep international students out of Harvard, a private university located in the state of Massachusetts (“The Trump administration prohibits Harvard from registering foreign students.” May 22).
Why is the authority of the states okay? Why is it okay to use a power game against an educational institution that is not directed by the federal government?
Edgar Kaskla, Long Beach
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To the editor: This is another step in the aggressive War of Republicans about efforts to improve the environment and address the worsening of the situation of climate change. The Senate ignored the warnings of both the government's responsibility office and the parliamentarian on the defective legal reasoning in their actions.
The fundamental problems with its approach to the environment and climate change: dishonesty and meanness.
Tiponesty: minimize and suppress information without recognizing the enormous damage of climate change not mitigated as evidenced by the overwhelming scientific evidence.
MAINTAINED: Indifference to damage to health and security that their actions will inflict to people and communities. For example, preventing the improvement of air quality will significantly damage the health of many, including those with asthma, lung disease and heart disease.
Jack Holtzman and Irwin Rubenstein, San Diego
