‘The Presidential oath, which the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ the Constitution — not to ‘support’ the Constitution,’ read a filing from the former president’s attorneys
  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

    • frezik@midwest.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      The argument is that the word “support” isn’t explicitly there. Therefore, the President is not an officer of the government, and therefore Trump isn’t barred from being President under the 14th Amendment.

      This argument is dumb, of course. Scalia once made a similar one, noting that punishments must be cruel and unusual to be constitutionally banned. Cruel or unusual on their own is fine.

      • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
        4·
        1 year ago

        Wait, that’s their actual argument? For real?

        … 😂

        Mood image.

        Why stop at that word? Why not complain that every synonym for every word isn’t included? Just turn the whole thing into a thesaurus?

        Every time I think they’ve hit maximum daft, they climb back in the hole and dig up some more. Amazing.