Electoral College and the United States Constitution

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky is hardly an objective source, as his view of constitutional law is that which does not comply with his leftist views is obsolete or incorrect and needs to be changed.

Remember, this is the same guy who didn’t like the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, so he subversively used a section of the same U.S. Constitution he now denigrates to claim the process was unconstitutional. Now with the Electoral College again possibly working against his preferred candidate, his solution is to replace it.

Imperfect as it might have been in inception, the Constitution restrains the federal government from infringing on basic rights and gives equal voice to the states in compact together.

The answer is in better candidates for the presidency, and not in changing the process.

— Timothy D. Bowman, Laguna Niguel

Proposition 6

In the article Oct. 15 Assemblymembers Wilson and Waldron tell us incarcerated people can’t attend school or get therapy if they work part-time in prison. But most Californians balance work and personal development. And what better way to develop good work skills than by actually showing up to work? Two friends of mine tell me that if incarcerated people don’t work, they end up with too much time on their hands; they’re not taking online courses 24 hours a day. Wilson and Waldron say they want to make a “powerful statement about affording human dignity.” There is true dignity in honest work!

— Marc Lawrence, Los Angeles

Trump and Schiff

Thank you for the opinion pieces Oct. 13 by Matt Fleming on Trump’s disqualifying pettiness and Larry Wilson on Adam Schiff’s far superior qualifications, both education and political experience, to be a U.S. senator in comparison to baseball great Steve Garvey.

Fleming, a staunch Republican, shows why a majority of Americans find Trump to be so despicable: among many other repetitive sordid comments, his calling heroic veterans who were wounded or killed “suckers.”

Being a person with a respectful character is an important trait for a president, and Trump clearly has none. And now we have vice president candidate JD Vance admitting the only way MAGA Republicans can win an election is by lying. How sad.

— Brian Federici, Riverside