i disagree with two points included in your editorial <u+201c> president-elect trump <u+201d> (nov. 10). you say donald trump likely did not win on his program. while mr. trump<u+2019>s win had multiple causes, many voted for his positions on growing the economy, lower marginal tax rates, reduced regulations, energy independence, immigration, trade policy and so on. you also recommend that he drop his vow to investigate hillary clinton (and her aides and lawyers) for criminal activity and pardon her if she<u+2019>s convicted. a proper criminal investigation of mrs. clinton and her staff for violation of national security statutes and obstruction of justice should proceed. the rule of law is a bedrock of our constitution, our liberties and our society. this fundamental principle is more important than assuaging the public and calming the waters. john gilsenan south windsor, conn. mr. trump prevailed over all his rivals during the primaries because voters had realized that the promises made to them by professional, establishment politicians, were, all too often, cynical lies. the rank and file gambled that maybe a maverick, non-politician would actually mean what he says. if donald trump reneges on core promises, his presidency will be doomed from the start. let president obama pardon hillary clinton if he wants. rather than trying to appease the 58 million people who voted for mrs. clinton<u+2014>an impossible task<u+2014>how about keeping faith with the 58 million who voted for mr. trump because they believed what he was saying? robert l. marshall newton, mass. perhaps president obama and lois lerner of the irs and their minions were too clever by half. by their (intentional and unlawful) suppression of more conventional tea party activists beginning around 2011 or earlier, they forced those animal spirits to find some other outlet, which in 2016 turned out to be donald trump. the political forces of 2011 finally boiled over in 2016. mark holland corona del mar, calif. for the good of the country, i propose a presidential pardon for hillary clinton in return for the closing down of the scandalous clinton foundation and its various entities. all of them, with no new ones to be created. raymond reich brooklyn, n.y. to millions of americans it feels like an eight-year fever has broken. what is wrong with the progressive-socialism of the obama-clinton democrats is reflected in the old law of the instrument, <u+201c>if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.<u+201d> to the left, everything is viewed as a problem for the federal government to regulate and solve for the people, not to be solved by the people. this inevitably becomes a form of state tyranny<u+2014>not tyranny by a monarch or a strongman, but by a top-down bureaucracy that chokes innovation, competition, prosperity and the freedom to succeed or fail. mr. trump<u+2019>s election was a democratic, voter-inspired repudiation of federal government tyranny over the citizens. mark rome grapevine, texas there are now a lot of shocked, hurt and scared people (myself included), but i take heart in the tried and true democratic process and the many freedoms we enjoy that allow us to exercise our responsibility to hold our elected figures accountable. and we should remember that, despite our many flaws, we are an incredibly resilient country. jonathan h. westover orem, utah it seems only fitting and proper at this time that donald trump should be awarded the nobel peace prize. michael schwartz mill valley, calif. one of the overriding reasons for mr. trump<u+2019>s victory that i observed, especially working at the polls, is that americans want a return to the rule of law. one veteran who said he<u+2019>d never voted before came up to us after voting, saying that the lawlessness is what drove him to vote. many also want security, a better economy and a kind and cohesive population. none of that is possible without a law applicable to every citizen: supreme court justices who don<u+2019>t put their own values above the constitution, a congress that doesn<u+2019>t pass laws that don<u+2019>t apply to its members and above all a president who doesn<u+2019>t disdain the law and enforces it evenly. without a return to the rule of law, there is no chance for the divisiveness to end. mary h. ross chapel hill, n.c. you note that mr. trump would likely lose the popular vote to hillary clinton. this is irrelevant. the constitution provides that electoral votes determine the winner, and both candidates campaigned accordingly. had donald trump traveled to upstate new york or rural california, he might have produced enough votes to obtain the national lead in popular votes, but it would have been political malpractice, as he could not possibly gain those states<u+2019> electoral votes. a baseball game is won by the team scoring the most runs, not the most hits. arthur copeland stamford, conn. flyover to coasts: <u+201c>can you hear me now?<u+201d> linda horton somers, n.y.
so it<u+2019>s president-elect trump. what<u+2019>s next? - wsj
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