‘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
  • n2burns
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    11 months ago

    This is actually nothing like that.

    Besides what @[email protected] pointed out, “To Protect and to Serve” is just a motto, specifically the LAPD’s (and other forces have also adopted this). Police aren’t public protectors, their job is just to enforce the law (and a lot struggle with that).