To the editor: A letter author says that President-elect Donald Trump won a “decisive victory.”
The vote rely now exhibits 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 solid for third-party candidates.
That isn’t 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, identical to some other 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 needs.
However then, it additionally doesn’t explicitly grant him immunity from prison regulation, and because the Supreme Courtroom confirmed, the Structure may be twisted to guard him from the results of his actions. Defending the nation from these penalties, nonetheless, can be harder; these can’t be waved off by a vote of the courtroom.
Invoice Seckler, Riverside
