The Oath of Office

Friday, 29 July 2011 19:54

Anyone that has ever held an elected office knows that they are required to take an oath of office when they assume their position. Usually the oath will include a promise to obey the laws of their state and the Constitution of the United States of America. I have noticed that far too many of our elected officials want to have a system where the laws that they obey are the ones that they select. I agree that there can be so many laws that it can be a burden to be able to obey all of the laws, but an attempt should be made to obey the laws or go through the proper channels to amend the law or change it. I recently read a news article where our president has enacted the so-called DREAM Act by executive order.

The problem with illegal immigration has been a problem that our federal government has refused to deal with for many years. States such as Arizona have experienced nothing short of an invasion of people that do not respect our borders or the laws of our nation. As I remember, one of the duties of the president is to protect the citizens of this country from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. The people of Arizona, after passing laws that would make an attempt to control the illegal wave that is coming into their state, were harassed by the federal government. If the feds would apply half the pressure on the ones violating our laws instead of the law-abiding citizens of Arizona, maybe some of the illegal immigration problems would be resolved. Instead our president, with no fanfare from the press, has enacted a law that does not have the support of the American people and has twice been defeated in Congress. The Dream Act grants amnesty to any illegal alien residing in the United States if s/he agrees to enlist in the U.S. Military or enter college.

Recently Obama's Department of Justice (DOJ) blocked Arizona from enforcing its voter ID law. It is estimated that a half million illegal aliens enter Arizona annually. Arizona’s Attorney General Tom Horne recently stated that he believed that blocking of the law facilitated massive voter fraud by illegal aliens. The feds contend that Arizona’s law requiring proof of citizenship to register is unconstitutional and is pre-empted by federal law. If our president had the same attitude to some invading army from another nation, he would simply have our troops lay down their weapons and welcome them in and offer each soldier a college education.

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