Re: Why Two Oaths of Office for President?

I don't understand this one. Winston says there is a Article 2 & Article 6 oath for the president?

When you look up the Article 2 oath, it says:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

But if you look up article 6, there is no oath. It only says:
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution;"
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlevi
It does say they have to all be bound "to support this Constitution."

Part of the article 6 oath he talks about is part of the oath the military takes.
"I, _____, 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;"
http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/oaths.html

And this Navy oath has all the oath Winston talks about.
http://www.usnavy.vt.edu/reference/comm_oath.htm & here:
https://www.navalhistory.org/2014/09/17/227-years-of-military-oaths-to-support-and-defend-the-constitution

Even when you look up the first oath the 1st congress said the president must take from the Statutes at Large it says: "I do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
http://constitution.org/uslaw/sal/001_statutes_at_large.pdf



So is he saying congress also failed to do their job in making the president say he will support the Constitution? And no oath says "United States of America." I don't get it. Tweet