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sulphurdunn

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12. It does indeed pose a dilemma
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 05:42 PM
Dec 2015

I think the answer lies in the president being bound by the same oath of allegiance to the Constitution as everyone else who swears it. I am of the belief that the president's authority does not extend to violating his oath of office or in issuing unlawful orders under the UCMJ or in contravention of the Nuremberg Accords. Had we held previous presidents to their oaths of office and required their enforcement of international accords on the conduct of war, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.

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