MuskyMelonTrump says 'I don't know' when asked if he must uphold the Constitution
Oath of the office that all presidents must make: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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.”
Right, but was he lying when he said it? He’s not sure.
Capt. WolfHe had his fingers crossed…
If I recall, he didn’t even place a hand on the Bible.
Pretty crazy that it’s sworn in the Bible when the state is supposed to be separated from the church
I’m pretty sure each person chooses a document/book to swear on that is core to them. So most people in the US would choose the Bible, but if a Jewish person or Muslim person was sworn in on they could choose the Torah or Quran. And a non-religuous person could choose anything that they could convinceably argue is important/core to their values.
Disclaimer: I did no research right now to confirm this but that’s what I remember.
I remember one politician being sworn in with a stack of comics.
I did not know this … it is both awesome and interesting.
I think the act of being sworn in should also be on one’s passport, give it more weight that if you break the oath you lose the citizenship.
Revoking citizenship is a tough one, because statelessness is a huge issue in some parts of the world. It drastically complicates the international refugee process, because oftentimes people are fleeing their state and seeking asylum after being made stateless.
Though to be fair, the US is one of the only countries that refused to sign the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, and only signed half of the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.
I guess then we’d get to have a lot more Terminal situations.
AtHeartEngineerYa I’d be fine with trump being stateless at this point