CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1747arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1727arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square155fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareneclimdul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·7 months agoNot sure how support doesn’t fall under “preserve, protect and defend” in every way that’s meaningful
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29·7 months agoThat is the sophistry part. It clearly was intended to be a higher level of oath that included the lower one. Watch: SCOTUS will say that the president actually doesn’t have to support the Constitution.
Not sure how support doesn’t fall under “preserve, protect and defend” in every way that’s meaningful
That is the sophistry part. It clearly was intended to be a higher level of oath that included the lower one. Watch: SCOTUS will say that the president actually doesn’t have to support the Constitution.
Textualism at it’s finest