Election 2026 #2
Election 2026 #1 was intended as a warning/reminder that this is an important election year. In the United States, there are important elections at one or more levels of government somewhere, but every two years, we elect or re-elect over 460 of those who represent us at the Federal level. No mater what political philosophy you support, it is essential that you vote.
I tried to restrain myself in Election 2026 #1. I tried to keep my political opinions to myself. (As usual, I failed to do so.) Beginning with this article, all bets are off; no more restraints.
We the People
I am a member of We the People … as were many of my ancestors.[1] If you are a citizen, so are you. Anybody who is physically in the country, regardless of status, has the protection of the Constitution and the Law, If you are a member of We the People, you have a responsibility to the Constitution and the Law. Contrary to what the President, the Congress, and the Courts would like you to believe, we are not their subjects. They are our employees subject to the Constitution, the Body of Law, … and to our Vote.
The Constitutional Oath
Article VI of the Constitution states:
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
The exact wording of the oath was encoded into Law in the 1860s and is taken by all members of the Federal except the President:
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.
The Presidential Oath of Office is:
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.
Trump vs. The Constitution
Within hours after his inauguration to his second term, President Donald J. Trump violated his oath of office by words and actions that are opposed to the Constitution of the United States. The most direct attack was his attempt to change the 14th Amendment by Executive Order.
The 14th Amendment states:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Executive Order #14160, signed on the afternoon of January 20, 2025, states two different situations where a person is no longer a U.S. citizen at birth:
- When the mother was unlawfully present in the U.S. and the father was neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident when the person was born.
- When the mother was in the U.S. in temporary status, such as a student visa, work visa, tourist visa or under the Visa Waiver Program, and the father was neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident when the person was born.
I wonder what President Trump thinks “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside” means. Some may point to the phrase “… and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” … saying that undocumented immigrants are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States. That is unutterable nonsense that only someone ignorant of the way our laws work[2] would believe. The moment one enters this country (and, I suspect, any country) you are subject to its laws.
The only way to modify an amendment to the Constitution is by passing and ratifying another amendment. The best example of that is in the 18th and 21st amendments.[3] The 21st cancels the 18th. Some amendments modify the main body of the Constitution itself and/or add things that those who wrote the Constitution did not consider. The basis of our Law is … and was designed to be … a living document.
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Notes
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For what it’s worth, members of three of the four main branches of my family tree were represented in the original colonies before the signing of the Declaration of Independence … the beginning of the American Revolution.
- 65 of my ancestors immigrated to what is now the eastern United States before 1776. 35% of them were still alive at the time of the Declaration.
- 61 of their children were born here before 1776. 85% of them were still alive at the time of the Declaration. 56% lived into the early 19th Century (i.e., the 1800s).
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President Trump has proved time and again that he is ignorant of the Law. Whether he is wantonly ignorant or just plain stupid his word is not law. No President of the United States has had or ever will have that power.
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The 18th Amendment was the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States,
Section 1 states:
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
The 21st amendment repeals the 18th.
Section 1 simply states:
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
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My Less Than Humble Opinion 