NYTimes Charles Blow Opinion

[David Lockmiller]

(08-18-2023 10:00 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Charles Blow Opinion: "Using Frederick Douglass to Rationalize Slavery? In Florida, Yes!" New York Times, August 16, 2023

But let us be fair to history and Abraham Lincoln.

"Eight years later, in 1861," Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, was required to enforce the laws passed by Congress, including the Fugitive Slave Act.

The oath of office reads: "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."

This oath means enforcement of the laws passed by Congress.

[Not mentioned by Charles Blow.]

Right now, there is a Senator from Alabama who is holding up all of the major military officer appointments.

The senator is doing so because the military (governed by Federal law) permits actions now banned by state law of Alabama.

What if every other U. S. senator were to engage in similar actions?

The oath of office for a United States Senator reads as follows:

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; 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. So help me God.