@CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1744arrow-down119cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1725arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.com@CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square150fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-square@neclimdul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink37•1 year agoNot sure how support doesn’t fall under “preserve, protect and defend” in every way that’s meaningful
minus-square@stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilink29•1 year 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