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Jack is a graduate of Rutgers University where he majored in history. His career in the life and health insurance industry involved medical risk selection and brokerage management. Retired in Florida for over two decades after many years in NJ and NY, he occasionally writes, paints, plays poker, participates in play readings and is catching up on Shakespeare, Melville and Joyce, etc.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

How it Will All End ... As it Does in Most Banana Republics Like the USA




Members of the Armed Forces of the United States take the following oath:

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; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”

While it does eventually get around to mentioning obeying the orders of the President of the United States, this oath’s phrasing clearly describes its primary pledge in its first words where it states that the person taking this oath “will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” That duty, sworn to by all members of our Armed Forces, takes precedence over any secondary mention of obeying the orders of the President, whose powers are clearly described in the Constitution which the oath taker swears to support and defend.  If obeying the President was the primary purpose of the Oath, it would come first … but no, defending the Constitution does.

Okay, here is the way it very well may come down.  Our President will violate the Constitution either by trying to postpone the 2020 election, or if defeated in it, refusing to give up his office.  The Democrats, with the support of the Supreme Court, will challenge the President’s actions.  If he doesn’t comply, the Armed Forces will step in, removing him from office, living up to the Oath its members take.

With each passing day, this scenario seems increasingly likely.  The likelihood of a Presidential resignation beforehand is minimal because that is not Trump’s style.  When one of his ventures fails, which his defeat in November would amount to, his modus operandi is to walk away, leaving a trail of litigation to foul things up for the next decade, but there will be no formal resignation.  That would amount to an admission of guilt. This is what he will attempt to do if he manages to avoid incarceration.  The Presidency?  Just another Trump University or Taj Majal Casino to walk away from.

JL


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