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avebury

(10,946 posts)
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 09:37 AM Sep 2017

Did Trump violate his oath of office with his football comments?


"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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."

Trump continues to push for the denial of Free Speech which is a First Amendment right under the US Constitution.

It would be interesting for someone to catalog just how many times that Trump's agenda violates the US Constitution.
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Did Trump violate his oath of office with his football comments? (Original Post) avebury Sep 2017 OP
Agreed. nt tomp Sep 2017 #1
The First Amendment give Trump the right to speak out as well... brooklynite Sep 2017 #2
He does have the right of free speech, he does not have the avebury Sep 2017 #5
His oath of office is not violated if he only sxpresses his opinion... brooklynite Sep 2017 #7
Trump the man has expressed an opinion. avebury Sep 2017 #8
Trump is dividing the country Gothmog Sep 2017 #3
Trump works very hard to violate his oath daily Orrex Sep 2017 #4
Whoa--looks like I was dead wrong about this! Orrex Sep 2017 #9
Who cares...gop obviously doesn't and they have the votes dembotoz Sep 2017 #6

avebury

(10,946 posts)
5. He does have the right of free speech, he does not have the
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 09:53 AM
Sep 2017

right to violate his oath of office. If he does not want to protect and defend the US Constitution then he needs to step down.

Free Speech is one thing, violating an oath of office is totally different. He wants companies to fire employees because employees exercise their Constitutional right to free speech in a non-violent way. That would be termination without cause and a violation of the employees Constitutional rights.

brooklynite

(93,834 posts)
7. His oath of office is not violated if he only sxpresses his opinion...
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:11 AM
Sep 2017

...and he hasn’t. Unless you can point to policies or pressure he’s applied to limit free speech, this isn’t a valid criticism.

avebury

(10,946 posts)
8. Trump the man has expressed an opinion.
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:30 AM
Sep 2017

Trump, the President, has made it clear that there is no 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech. By pushing that agenda, he is making it clear that he has no intention of protecting and defending the US Constitution. Therefore, he in fact, lied when he took his oath of office. Just like he routinely signed business contracts with no intent to abide by them, he never had any intention to abide by the oath of office he took. He committed a fraud on the American people which is absolutely no surprise to people who never drank the kool-aid.

Orrex

(63,083 posts)
4. Trump works very hard to violate his oath daily
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 09:48 AM
Sep 2017

But in this case, I'd say no. He hasn't enacted any legislation nor even signed one of his fucked up executive orders restricting players' rights, so I don't see how this particular example of his idiotic boorishness violates the 1st amendment.

Orrex

(63,083 posts)
9. Whoa--looks like I was dead wrong about this!
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 02:09 PM
Sep 2017
18 U.S. Code § 227 - Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Member of Congress or an officer or employee of the legislative or executive branch

From https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/227


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