Reader Opinion: A President is sworn to uphold the Constitution

Reader Opinion: A President is sworn to uphold the Constitution

Oh the delight of listening to our sitting US President navigate the treacherous waters of basic civics! I was positively agog watching the recent interview where Kristen Welker asked President Trump about following the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of due process for every person in the country. His response, a masterclass in constitutional clairvoyance: “I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know.” The President, bless his heart, ex…

How Trump could subvert the Constitution and stay in office for a third term

The president would need the backing of the military, writes Pascal Lupien

Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing

The president sees the Constitution as an obstacle to be surmounted, not a repository of values that he must respect.

Trump Is Making America Constitutionally Literate—By Violating the Constitution

Few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on government power than Donald Trump—if only because he tramples on them so frequently. Indeed, President Trump has become a walking civics lesson. Consider some of the constitutional principles that Trump can be credited with bringing into the spotlight unintentionally during his time in office. First Amendm…

We the People: Is the President Required to Uphold the Constitution?

In an interview on May 4, 2025, with Kristen Welker, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” President Donald Trump was asked: “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States, as President?” Shockingly, Trump answered: “I don’t know.” Shocking, because Trump, on Inauguration Day three months ago—for the second time in his life—swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Shocking, because the Tak…

LegalEagle — Trump Wants a Third Term

Trump can't have a third term.