What does george washington mean when he says independent candidates could “splinter the electorate” why would this be important

They could divide the vote so that no one had a clear majority.

although the legal justifications for the trials and their procedural innovations were controversial at the time, the nuremberg trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes

calvin taught his followers that human beings needed to follow strict rules to overcome their nature and do good. second choice