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06/02/2014 3:15 pm ET Letters to the Editor for the June 2, 2014 weekly magazine: President Obama鈥檚 past and contemplated use of executive power to waive deportations makes clear to me that he has violated his oath to uphold the Constitution. After reading Ruth Walker鈥檚 May 5 Verbal Energy column, 'Big ideas in small talk,' I had a chance to practice what I had learned on conversation starters.