To the editor: A letter author says that President-elect Donald Trump gained a “decisive victory.”
The vote rely now reveals him having a plurality, not a majority of the favored vote. He has 49.9% of the vote to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 48.4%. There was a small quantity of votes forged for third-party candidates.
That’s not a mandate to do as he pleases along with his Cupboard picks. Not even a decisive majority would give him that. He has to have them vetted and voted upon within the Senate, similar to another previous president has been required to do.
Article II of the U.S. Structure doesn’t, as he has asserted prior to now, entitle him to do no matter he desires.
However then, it additionally doesn’t explicitly grant him immunity from legal legislation, and because the Supreme Court docket confirmed, the Structure will be twisted to guard him from the implications of his actions. Defending the nation from these penalties, nonetheless, will likely be harder; these can’t be waved off by a vote of the court docket.
Invoice Seckler, Riverside
