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Friday, September 22, 2006
Oafs & Oaths
Me: But isn’t it the Supreme Court that’s supposed to decide whether laws are unconstitutional or not?
Tony: No, as a matter of fact the president has an obligation to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. That is an obligation that presidents have enacted through signing statements going back to Jefferson. So, while the Supreme Court can be an arbiter of the Constitution, the fact is the President is the one, the only person who, by the Constitution, is given the responsibility to preserve, protect, and defend that document, so it is perfectly consistent with presidential authority under the Constitution itself.
And, if you scan your Constitution, you will find the text of the oath of the office of the President there in Article 2, Section 1:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: 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.
Oaths for members of congress and justices of the supreme court are not set forth in the Constitution. Perhaps because the authors of the Constitution feared the President's usurpation of the Constitution above the other branches. Perhaps not. The Constitution does require an oath in Article 6:
By tradition, the oath of a Senator:The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
Members of the House of Representatives take the same oath.
Tony Snow is full of shit.
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The question is, when is Tony Snow not full of shit. Not since the halcyon days of Ari Liar have we had a WHPS who could look a reporter in the face and blatantly lie about lying about lying. Little Scotty always got a little sweaty on the upper lip whenever he had to take one for the team but Snow wallows in shit proudly without hip waders or a life preserver. Ron Zeigler could look at him with pride.
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