Well, each elected representative, as well as all federal appointments, including military officers, take an oath to "support and defend the Constitution." This would seem to imply that if they were not up on what was in it at the time, they voluntarily took it upon themselves to find out what they were supporting. It would make a lot of…
Well, each elected representative, as well as all federal appointments, including military officers, take an oath to "support and defend the Constitution." This would seem to imply that if they were not up on what was in it at the time, they voluntarily took it upon themselves to find out what they were supporting. It would make a lot of sense to require all of them, just as one has to do to get a drivers license, to pass a written test before they could be finally confirmed in office.
Well, each elected representative, as well as all federal appointments, including military officers, take an oath to "support and defend the Constitution." This would seem to imply that if they were not up on what was in it at the time, they voluntarily took it upon themselves to find out what they were supporting. It would make a lot of sense to require all of them, just as one has to do to get a drivers license, to pass a written test before they could be finally confirmed in office.