Editor,

A lot of people have brought up the fact that they won’t vote for Trump if he’s the eventual nominee. To  put this in perspective, please take the time to read this email I received.

Some writers say Hillary and Bernie are well-qualified for the presidency. In truth, neither is qualified. One is a proven liar and under possible federal indictment, and the other wants to impose socialism on America that hasn’t worked anyplace it has been tried.

Most young people don’t even know what socialism is but they would vote for it because it involves getting free stuff from the government. But somebody has to pay for that.

“Justice Scalia’s seat is vacant. Ginsberg is 82 years old, Kennedy 79, Breyer 77, and Thomas 67. Nowadays, data shows that the average age of a Supreme Court retirement, or death, occurs after 75. These are five vacancies that will likely come up over the next four to eight years.

The next president will have power to potentially create a 7-2 Supreme Court skewed in their ideology.

Think about that … 7-2.

If the next president appoints five young justices, it will guarantee control of the Supreme Court for an entire generation.

And 7-2 decisions will hold up much more over time than 5-4 decisions which are seemed to be lacking in mandate.

Hillary has made it clear she will use the Supreme Court to go after the Second Amendment. She literally said that the Supreme Court was wrong in its Heller decision stating that the court should overturn, and remove, the individual right to keep and bear arms. Period.

Everyone saying that they won’t vote for one candidate or the other if they are the GOP nominee, please realize this: If Hillary Clinton wins and gets to make these appointments, you likely will never see another conservative victory at the Supreme Court level for the rest of your life.

Ever.

If you are a conservative, a vote for anyone but the GOP nominee, whomever that will be, is a vote for Hillary Clinton.

Ed Hickey

Oak Harbor