The oath you swore, just as I did, many times over, is to the CONSTITUTION (and thus to the People, the bedrock of its authority), NOT to the government, the President (though you did swear to obey his LAWFUL/CONSTITUTIONAL orders), SCOTUS or the Congress. If competent authority (SCOTUS) says the “man” is a usurper, that, in my mind, is enough to act on. ESPECIALLY so if the Congress refuses to act in that situation.
“The oath you swore, just as I did, many times over, is to the CONSTITUTION (and thus to the People, the bedrock of its authority), NOT to the government, the President (though you did swear to obey his LAWFUL/CONSTITUTIONAL orders), SCOTUS or the Congress. If competent authority (SCOTUS) says the “man” is a usurper, that, in my mind, is enough to act on. ESPECIALLY so if the Congress refuses to act in that situation.”
This is the oath I took (the POTUS is NOT mentioned):
“I (insert name), having been appointed a (insert rank) in the U.S. Army under the conditions indicated in this document, do accept such appointment and 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.”
If you want to see the actually form, it can be found at:
www.maaf.info/regs/ArmyForm71v1999.pdf
Don’t attempt to tell me what my oath means. The Founding Fathers were afraid of a large standing army because of fear of them acting as they see fit. I WILL NOT betray that trust. The CONSTITUTION does not authorize the military to remove a POTUS.
You speak of duty to the people....I agree. However, the people DO NOT pick the SCOTUS they elect the Congress. Therefore, it must be the congress that acts. If the Congress doesn’t act, then the people act by removing individual Congressmen. As I have repeatedly told persons on this thread...it is not the place of the military to overthrow a POTUS.....even if the SCOTUS rules against him/her. The congress must act, then the process proceeds. Anything else is inciting mutiny and sedition in the Armed Forces and cannot be allowed to continue.
I “personally” do not think that Mr. B.H. Obama is constitutionally qualified to sit as POTUS. However, I have to rely on the courts in conjunction with the legislative branch to deal with this issue (or the election process). It should NEVER be mentioned that there is EVER a military option. We are not a banana republic.