I am confused. I have been a Register subscriber for over 20 years and I have always been under the impression that the paper, generally speaking, subscribes to a Libertarian point of view.

I can only guess that either I have misunderstood the paper’s position, or that it has since changed. The Register has given little-to-no coverage of the Libertarian candidate for president Gary Johnson, just like virtually all the mainstream media.

If the polls are to be believed then the majority of Americans find both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to be very unpalatable choices for the presidency. Unfortunately, both parties work in collusion with the mainstream media to exclude anyone who is not a Democrat or a Republican. If Johnson were to actually be given an opportunity to stand behind his own podium on that debate stage then America would be reminded that technically we are not a two party system but a multi-party system. If there was ever a time in American history for a third party candidate, this is it.

Unfortunately, it seems as though the Register will tow the line with all of the other mainstream media and continue to misinform the public by telling them they only have two candidates to choose from.

Charles T. Kelly

Aliso Viejo

Unanimous, but hypocritical

Re: “Supreme Court unanimous, but wrong” [Opinion, July 29]: Erwin Chemerinsky did a great job of itemizing all the gifts Republican and ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell got from a friend and donor, why that was wrong and why the Supreme Court was wrong to let him off the hook. I am looking forward to next week when he itemizes the $160,000 in gifts Democrat and ex-Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine took and why he should be prosecuted.

Then there is the millions of dollars in gifts the Clinton’s have received through the Clinton Foundation and the exorbitant fees they get from speeches.

James Haynes

Irvine

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Chemerinsky finally got something right when he said: “… that just because the Supreme Court decides something doesn’t mean it is right.”

The classic example is Roe v. Wade in 1973 that has contributed to the deaths of 55 million American children through abortion.

Terry McDermott

Rancho Santa Margarita