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    I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

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      The argument is that the word “support” isn’t explicitly there. Therefore, the President is not an officer of the government, and therefore Trump isn’t barred from being President under the 14th Amendment.

      This argument is dumb, of course. Scalia once made a similar one, noting that punishments must be cruel and unusual to be constitutionally banned. Cruel or unusual on their own is fine.

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      Ah, but see, the word ‘support’ is not explicitly in there so ch-ch-cha! Pocket sand!

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        But what if the enemy is the one swearing th oath?

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          Its one of those ‘If not one then the other’ things.

          If you aren’t foreign, you are domestic. If you aren’t domestic, you are foreign.

          There are dual citizens, in which case the enemy is foreign and domestic.

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      “For the ‘right’ people”

      -D. J. D. (In his head)

      Edit: “Not the poors, the stupid losers”

      Again, D. J. D. (Out loud when talking about the military or working people)