Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress. The measure, spearheade…
Oaths are generally not legally binding. For instance, you can not swear to tell the truth in court and perjury is still a thing. The swearing in is just a formality.
Oaths are, as always, dependent upon the character of the person taking them and social consequences about breaking them.
What I’m saying is not that you can opt not to swear in, but that there are ways to commit perjury even if you have not.
In my experience, anyone who takes the stand is sworn in, it’s just a formality that is not the reason for perjury.
Sort of an “all dogs have 4 legs but not everything with 4 legs is a dog” thing.
I should hold off on posting until I make more sense
Edit: actually I’m full of shit, and you generally get charged with something lesser than perjury if you’re not under oath.
If you give a false statement but you are not under oath or make false claims without knowledge or malice, your statement will likely not reach the level of perjury charges
Only witnesses who make false statements under oath can be convicted of perjury, and they must also have intentionally misled the court. If you give a false statement but you are not under oath or make false claims without knowledge or malice, your statement will likely not reach the level of perjury charges.
Is there a legal argument being made that the oath of office is not a binding agreement?
I feel like that would lose in court….
Trump is arguing that he swore an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend” the constitution, not to “support” it.
Which is hilarious since those words describe the act of supporting it
His entire existence is a fucking meme
Bon chance with that argument….
It’s only one of Trump’s primary defenses for Jan 6th lately. Where have you been?
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-oath-support-constitution-colorado-insurrection-1847482
Oaths are generally not legally binding. For instance, you can not swear to tell the truth in court and perjury is still a thing. The swearing in is just a formality.
Oaths are, as always, dependent upon the character of the person taking them and social consequences about breaking them.
Is there case law on that? I’m not aware of anyone that testifies before a court without being sworn in?
What I’m saying is not that you can opt not to swear in, but that there are ways to commit perjury even if you have not.
In my experience, anyone who takes the stand is sworn in, it’s just a formality that is not the reason for perjury.
Sort of an “all dogs have 4 legs but not everything with 4 legs is a dog” thing.
I should hold off on posting until I make more sense
Edit: actually I’m full of shit, and you generally get charged with something lesser than perjury if you’re not under oath.
Well that’s it for me for a while lol
This site disagrees with you:
https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/criminal-defense/the-truth-about-perjury.html#:~:text=Only witnesses who make false,the level of perjury charges.
Yeah I edited that in. Did not realize it was a lesser charge. Time to sit the next few plays out.
Hadn’t thought about this. If you refuse to swear an oath in court, can they find you in contempt? Or they just like ok, well we tried, let’s move on.
Pretty sure refusal would result in a contempt charge, because it turns out it is a major factor in actually charging you with perjury
So then not what you said earlier?
Yes, hence my edit.