Althouse on the Madison Oath-Shirkers
Updating a story blogged about here in early March, Ann Althouse (HT Instapundit) takes on the 10 or more Madison (WI) Common Council members who signed a “supplementary statement” on their official oaths of office — in other words, engaging in openly selective oath-taking:
Oh, aren’t you righteous? And I suppose when the next guy comes along and withholds his commitment to some part of the Constitution that he dissents from, you’ll say it’s not the same, because the part he doesn’t like doesn’t besmirch it.
Congrats to Eli Judge, who didn’t cop out.
Althouse’s first commenter nails the posturers:
This is a cowardly way out for people who’d like to resign on point of principle but aren’t willing to suffer the career damage such courage would inflict.
My position that you don’t have the right to take the office you have been elected or appointed to unless you take the oath of office unconditionally and without reservations hasn’t changed.
