CantaloupeLifestyleDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"
That’s a roundabout and somewhat disingenuous interpretation of their defense. They’re arguing that the presidency doesn’t fall under “officer of the United States” which is obviously weak as hell, but people get weird when it comes to interpreting the constitution. They aren’t trying to claim he didn’t take an oath.
ziggurismDid you not read the article?
and that Trump technically did not swear an oath to “support” the Constitution. Instead, during his January 2017 inauguration, Trump swore to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution during his role as president.
You’re talking about the reasoning in the ruling by the district judge. This article is about trump’s argument in filings to the appeals court.
Oh my fuck. Aight well that’s on me for assuming they were twisting the lawyer’s argument to make him sound bad. I should’ve known he’d hang himself out to dry as usual.
It’s obviously an overly legalistic and technical argument that doesn’t speak to the merits. But it’s an appeals case, you have to argue legal errors not factual ones. I’m not a lawyer and have no idea how likely it is to succeed, but I think “throw everything at the wall and see what sticks” is best legal practice, so I don’t see how this filing hangs him out to dry. It’s bad optics but I don’t think is gonna matter to anyone.