▲ 729 ▼ Donald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution" (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not sure how support doesn't fall under "preserve, protect and defend" in every way that's meaningful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Textualism at it's finest permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Textualism at it's finest permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Textualism at it's finest permalink fedilink source parent