Concerning the editorial, “Military leaders stand up for Constitution, put Trump in his place,” (June 6) and regarding the current constitutional crisis, it would be instructive to study the history of Czechoslovakia circa 1946-1948.

During this time, Klement Gottwald and Gustav Husak dismantled government, stifled opposition and consolidated single-party rule. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Attorney General William Barr have dismantled government by making their legislative and judicial branches subservient to the executive branch. President Trump stifles opposition via his ongoing assault on the media, to which he has now apparently enlisted the aid of law enforcement. And he seeks to consolidate single-party rule by denigrating Democrats as “the opposition” and persecuting any Republican who dares even to question him.

We ignore the lessons of history at our peril.

Robert Nemchek

Ledyard