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 new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights,” Could 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 desires; it specifies his tasks. It’s unlucky that we don’t require a presidential candidate to move a easy civics check, as we require for an immigrant to change into 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 the US, and can to the perfect of my means, protect, shield and defend the Structure of the US.”
Jeff Freedman, Los Angeles
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To the editor: So Trump is uncertain concerning the constitutionality of due course of for residents and noncitizens. I suppose he’ll simply make one other government order and wait to see what occurs legally.
In the meantime, he’s upending our authorized system with a conservative Supreme Courtroom on his aspect and goes after authorized companies, attorneys and judges he feels have dissed him. Truthfully, it’s a wise transfer. Everyone knows how slowly the authorized system strikes whereas his government orders have an effect on individual after individual and firm after firm instantly.
Deborah Regan, Palos Verdes Peninsula
