“If a President is expect to preserve and defend the Constitution he should KNOW what is in the Constitution.”
So should the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, especially since we have informally deemed the judiciary the final authority on the Constitution.
here’s the thing. It’s just a ceremony. Plenty of people who’ve recited the oath perfectly have gone on to violate various passages of, if not the spirit of, the Constitution. The reverse is probably also true.
Well again here's the point. He knew what was right. But in a pressure situation he went along with error to get out of the situation. It's telling.