CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前Donald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square150linkfedilinkarrow-up1744arrow-down119cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1725arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square150linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareneclimdul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·2 年前Not sure how support doesn’t fall under “preserve, protect and defend” in every way that’s meaningful
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 年前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.
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