Loyalty Pledge

[davidallen]

Appropriate or not?

Should the POTUS have the right to demand one from an FBI Director? An Attorney General? A SCOTUS nominee?

 

[PDT816]

100% not acceptable.

I find it more juvenile/UN-presidential rather than a constitutional crisis however.

 

[CowboyJD]

Nope.

Demands for personal loyalty pledges are concerning to me.

Not a Constitutional crisis, but something more concerning to me than how @PDT816 views them.

 

[Ostatedchi]

Loyalty pledge to the constitution and the law. Anything else is just stupid.

 

[Rdcldad]

Loyalty pledge to the constitution and the law. Anything else is just stupid.

talk is cheap

asking for loyalty is so honeycomb hideout

 

[N. Pappagiorgio]

I require it from my employees.

 

[trapped_in_tx]

Appropriate or not?

Should the POTUS have the right to demand one from an FBI Director? An Attorney General? A SCOTUS nominee?

Outside the same branch of government I think that's somewhat laughable.

Within the same branch I think it's more grey.

Demanding or requiring it seems strong but at the same time, agencies of the EB ultimately answer to the president, do they not?

I'm not convinced one way or the other honestly.

EDIT: I need to read more carefully... I believe he has the right to request such a pledge from EB employees only. No right to demand it of anyone.

 

[Rdcldad]

I require it from my employees.

does it create loyalty in your employees?

 

[N. Pappagiorgio]

does it create loyalty in your employees?

Absolutey, they love me.

I also require the pledge from my wife and friends. They are on board as of now.

 

[davidallen]

Absolutey, they love me.

I also require the pledge from my wife and friends. They are on board as of now.

Umm, we should talk...

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

Appropriate or not?

Should the POTUS have the right to demand one from an FBI Director? An Attorney General? A SCOTUS nominee?

No! Only to the constitution and laws of the US!

 

[Rdcldad]

Absolutey, they love me.

I also require the pledge from my wife and friends. They are on board as of now.

keep a pack of cigarettes and
box of blindfolds handy to deal with the turncoats?

 

[N. Pappagiorgio]

keep a pack of cigarettes and
box of blindfolds handy to deal with the turncoats?

Absolutely! Fortunately it has never gotten this far.

 

[OKSTATE1]

I hate loyalty pledges in government towards individuals, leads to the IRS targeting conservative NPO’s, DOJ/FBI to ignore wrong doing by a Presidential candidate, the FBI to spy on a Presidential candidate, etc... What is worse is when you do not have to ask for one and it is granted out of blind loyalty to who you perceive to be an infallible ruler. Terrible thing to put people in place who will do anything for you and if needed perform illegal acts.

No loyalty pledges or yes people for me, had enough of that, just follow the law and constitution.

 

[Headhunter]

Appropriate or not?

Should the POTUS have the right to demand one from an FBI Director? An Attorney General? A SCOTUS nominee?

I need to know I can trust you is different than a loyalty pledge.