William wrote on Fri, 9 May 2008 09:53:17 +0100:
> "Mike...." wrote in
> message news:1qdnqnq359yh4$.lx40gnwcr3x7.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Following up to Jean O'Boyle
>>
>>> Congress does
>>> make the laws and no ONE person can trash our Constitution.
>>
>> constitution? Why are americans constitution obsessed?
> Because it provides the framework for the organization of the
> US government and is the supreme law of our country.
> ----------------------
> Things change.
> You're stuck with a leader who has the powers of an eighteenth
> century king, everybody else has moved on a bit...
Have any of you ever looked at US Oaths of Office? Here is the
beginning of the current oath of enlistment and oath for
commissioned officers; note the pre-eminence of the
Constitution.
:
"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."
--
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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