Your conclusion is absurd. First, I made it clear that state and local officials DO use the same oath, as a matter of tradition rather than requirement. And even if not, the idea that an oath, rather than education and respect, is what binds Americans to their Constitution is contrary to the understandings of all those who wrote and ratified the Constitution, and have sought to preserve it ever since.
Read my next column, “Raising the Edifice.” It is based on a just-discovered text by George Washington. You might learn something.
John / Billybob