To the editor: For anybody in any public workplace to say he doesn’t know whether or not he’s required to uphold the Structure can’t be thought-about acceptable (“Trump, in a brand new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due course of rights,” Might 4). For the sitting president, that reply is incompatible with the very workplace. One of many jobs of the presidency is to “take care that the legal guidelines be faithfully executed,” as acknowledged by Article II of the Structure.
Article II doesn’t empower the president to do no matter he needs; it specifies his duties. It’s unlucky that we don’t require a presidential candidate to cross a easy civics take a look at, as we require for an immigrant to grow to be a citizen.
Invoice Seckler, Riverside
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To the editor: Was President Trump not paying consideration (or did he have his fingers crossed?) when he recited these phrases at his two inaugurations? “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I’ll faithfully execute the workplace of president of america, and can to the most effective of my capacity, protect, shield and defend the Structure of america.”
Jeff Freedman, Los Angeles
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To the editor: So Trump is uncertain in regards to the constitutionality of due course of for residents and noncitizens. I suppose he’ll simply make one other govt order and wait to see what occurs legally.
In the meantime, he’s upending our authorized system with a conservative Supreme Court docket on his aspect and goes after authorized corporations, legal professionals and judges he feels have dissed him. Truthfully, it’s a sensible transfer. Everyone knows how slowly the authorized system strikes whereas his govt orders have an effect on individual after individual and firm after firm instantly.
Deborah Regan, Palos Verdes Peninsula
