The expectation is that a Senator/President-elect resigns his or her legislative seat some time prior taking the presidential oath of office. It is widely believed in large and influential academic circles and among the educated public generally that the Constitution requires this result by expressly...
Write the presidential oath of office (you will need to memorize this for the test) I, Amelia Marjorie Kratzer, do solemnly swear (or affirm- not needed for test) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my A...
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the word immunity appears nowhere in the Constitution. Nor do the words “official act” or “private act.” The Framers knew how to confer immunity if they wanted to — the “Speech and Debate” clause confers it upon congressmen in certain...
Elections are at the heart of our constitution, giving people a voice when choices are made about how we are to be governed. They are a mechanism for the people to hold their governments accountable. A key test for a healthy democracy is whether people trust, value, and participate in elec...
"Trump may not appear on the presidential primary or general election ballots because, after taking the oath of office to support the Constitution, he engaged in rebellion and insurrection against the Constitution of the United States and gave aid and comfort to the enemies of the same and is ...
"To voters who are participating in this primary process, my pledge to you is this: If you nominate me you can set your clock to January 20, 2025 at high noon, because on the west side of the U.S. Capitol I will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of...
Trump has always taken a tough stance on immigration issues, advocating the large-scale construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Since announcing his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has continued to play the "immigration card" and repeatedly attacked the Biden administration ov...
I spent almost forty years in uniform supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, and though now retired I will not abandon that oath. As the German GeneralLudwig Beck,an opponent of Hitler who died in the attempt to kill that genoci...
The Virtues of Presidential Government: Why Professor Ackerman Is Wrong to Prefer the German to the U.S. Constitution Calabresi: The virtues of presidential government: why Professor Ackerman is wrong to prefer the German to the U.S. Constitution. Constitutional Commentary,... SG Calabresi - 《...