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To: smokingfrog

>Not their job.

Wrong, every service-member takes an oath to the CONSTITUTION, which is what gives the President authority over the armed forces. If a person is not qualified to hold the office of President, how can the President be named the Commander-in-Chief?

Read this analysis of the oath that Army enlisted take:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dv698tm_25c7b35cc9


43 posted on 07/22/2009 7:41:53 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

this is the oath I took -

Oath for Commissioned Officer

“I HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, AS INDICATED IN THE ABOVE 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 UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. SO HELP ME GOD”


62 posted on 07/22/2009 7:50:59 PM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com)
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To: OneWingedShark
The JCS are advisors to the president. Their job is to obey the constitution, not enforce it.

Who Enforces the Constitution's Natural Born Citizen Clause?

76 posted on 07/22/2009 8:08:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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