The oath every member of Congress has now taken, as we’ve just seen, is far from a meaningless formality; it is the key to the power granted by the Constitution to everyone elected to that august body and the commitment each must make to unlock it. “I, [NAME], 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; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. Especially when the damage we are suffering comes not just from all the harm that Congress allows Trump to inflict by not impeaching him but from what Congress teaches, the nation and the world, with its inaction: that it is totally fine for any of what Trump is doing to happen in America, not just now but at any point in the future.
Author: Cathy Gellis
Published at: 2025-11-26 23:30:52
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