‘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
  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 year ago

    Wow that’s stupid. I’m sure this comes up all the time with wording of other laws and I’m sure judges are used to eviscerating it. Now as long as we don’t get stupid judges…

    • squiblet@kbin.social
      22·
      1 year ago

      If it ends up on the Supreme Court, I’m sure Clarence Thomas will enthusiastically support the idea.

        • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
          41·
          1 year ago

          Uncle Tom is already American.

          And was actually a sweet, kind character that through sheer goodness convinced white people, including his murderers, to reject slavery and prejudice.

          That will not be Clarance Thomas’s story.

          • pensa@kbin.social
            3·
            1 year ago

            I commented that based on the slurs of him from the black community. I do not know the full story but shared it based on what I hear from my black friends. It was explained to me that he was a bad dude that sold out other black people. Similar to Uncle Rukus in The Boondocks.

            With that context, I meant it as there is the black uncle tom that sold out other black people and now we have American uncle tom selling out America.