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Re “How the Chief Justice Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak” (front page, Sept. 15):

This article provided interesting, revealing and insidious documentation of Chief Justice John Roberts’s behind-the-scenes strategies to assure continuing victories for former President Donald Trump.

No one can review the perversion of justice and distortion of constitutional intent without marveling at the wins the Supreme Court has bestowed on Mr. Trump. Being granted above-the-law status by a politically motivated supermajority on the court led by Chief Justice Roberts and Trump appointees is the opposite of victimization.

And yet, Mr. Trump and his acolytes continue to whine and rant about a “two-tiered” justice system, overt victimization and political persecution. Isn’t it time the media and the country at large move away from this nonsensical trope, when the reality is the winners of the two-tiered system are Mr. Trump and the G.O.P., and the real victims of the court’s perversion of law and precedent are none other than the American people and the preservation of democracy?

Michael SchneiderLaguna Beach, Calif.

To the Editor:

In a remarkable demonstration of investigative reporting, The New York Times has laid bare the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of Chief Justice John Roberts to inflate presidential power beyond constitutional limits while advancing the interests of Donald Trump. Chief Justice Roberts’s convoluted opinion in the Trump immunity case will live in infamy, should our democracy survive it.

Equally appalling is the disclosure that, even before the case was briefed and argued and the justices were weighing whether to take the matter, Chief Justice Roberts sent a memo to his colleagues that prejudged the merits of the case. In contravention of all judicial norms and without hearing from the parties, he disparaged the decision of the lower appellate court and suggested it was “likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently.”

It is no wonder that the American people have lost confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the Supreme Court, some of whose members appear to make judgments based upon political and pecuniary considerations.

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