THE OATH OF OFFICE

By Jim Raffenburg
February 8, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

When a person seeks and wins elective office, they take an Oath of Office as their first official action. That Oath of Office includes a pledge to preserve, protect and defend the United States Constitution, against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Their State Constitution and respective local charters are also covered by that Oath of Office.

The Oath of Office is the basis of their claim to hold legitimate authority to take actions and make decisions in the name of We the People. They are bound by that Oath to the highest level of bondage on their honor that we can impose as an organized and civil society. That Oath of Office also forms the base of our social compact as a People, to live and be bound by a set of minimal common laws for the express benefit of all of allowing us to live as free people.

Compromise that Oath of Office and you put everything at risk. Everything.

Today, after more than 200 years of freedom, we have changed as a nation. That change, in and of itself, is natural. It is part of life, so long as the basic social compact is preserved. But change can be subtle. Gradually, the very government of the nation, the “Federal Governmentâ€