Oath
of Office for Members of Congress. “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.
support and defend the Constitution
of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic
IS THIS WHAT WE ARE GETTING?
The 12th Amendment to the
Constitution,1 which
supersedes Article II, § 1, clause 3, was adopted so as to make impossible the
situation that occurred after the election of 1800 in which Jefferson and Burr
received tie votes in the electoral college, thus throwing the selection of a
President into the House of Representatives, despite the fact that the electors
had intended Jefferson to be President and Burr to be Vice President.2 The
difference between the procedure that the Amendment defines and the original is
in its providing for a separate designation by the electors of their choices
for President and Vice President, respectively. As a consequence of the
disputed election of 1870, Congress enacted a statute providing that if the
vote of a state is not certified by the governor under seal, it shall not be
counted unless both Houses of Congress concur.3
A number of provisions of the Amendment have been superseded by the Twentieth Amendment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-12
*https://www.votefortheconstitution.com/voting---what-does-the-constitution-say.html
While the oath of office does not
mention the process of election or the measure of elections results on a
national basis it does give that function to the states. The thing it does mandate are the dates of
performance. It is my thought that when
allegiance is promised, through oath, to the United States of America.
ALLEGIANCE
TO A POLITICAL PARTY SHOULD BE SUBSERVIENT TO THE NATIONAL NEEDS.
In order for our republic to
survive there are certain things that we as “the people” should be able to trust,
and in fact we should demand. We, as “The
People”, should demand a system that strives for the “every vote should
count” requirement. In order for
that to occur we must use every possible method to ensure that accuracy in the
count, adherence to the law, and collection methods are performed in an honest
and factual way. We know that mistakes
can be made, unfortunately we also know that, over the last couple of centuries,
irregularities and outright fraudulent practices can and have occurred. It is imperative that we ferret out wrong
doing in order to preserve our faith in the election process. This is particularly true in the situation where
we “The People” are so emotionally invested and divided in belief and practice. Over the past few years, we have been under
the attack of divisive and partisan political and media rhetoric which has led
to actual violence in our streets. That
has resulted in the full-fledged doubt of our having a fair and honest election
process. Regardless of which President
is actually elected as our Commander in Chief our faith in the process has been
damaged.
Should we continue along the same
path in our governmental deterioration, by the clapping and cheering for the team play of political parties, lifelong
political office holders, and adherence to ideology, our republic is in danger
of obliteration.
How many of We The People are in
favor of those who shout and scream:
We will change the United States;
Defund the Police; Open our borders; Outsource our products; allow for the
theft of our intellectual output; Remove our independence on energy production
Not I
PRAY UNCEASINGLY ON ALL THINGS
AND LISTEN FOR GODS RESPONSE, HIS VOICE MAY COME AS A WHISPER
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