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Wounded Bear

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Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:52 PM Jan 2017

At the core of the muslim ban case is a simple fact...

I heard just a bit of the Dem speakers earlier and Nancy Pelosi mentioned it briefly.

Trump's actions violate his oath of office. I took a similar oath. There is nothing in it about saving people of property. It is to 'protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.' It's in Article 2 of the Constitution (oh and note that there is no 'so help me God' bullshit in it either) and has not changed since the beginning, since that would require an amendment to the Contstitution.

I know Trump cares nothing about any of this, but bending the Constitution in a false search for 'safety' flies in the face of that famous quotation:

He who would sacrifice small freedoms for safety will have neither. (Paraphrased

Frankly, Congresscritters and Senators take a very similar oath. Time they started doing it.

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At the core of the muslim ban case is a simple fact... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Jan 2017 OP
Exactly! This is unconstitutional uppityperson Jan 2017 #1
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