# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 **Category:** Politics & Elections **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6677
### Author: ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT) #### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6677 "2020-11-21T03:45:21Z")
It was literally founded as such. And our history, and oaths, show this - you don’t swear to the _country_, you swear to the Constitution and pledge to support America’s _laws_: > [@](#): > > \*“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution(1) and laws(2) of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law(3); that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law(4); that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law(5); and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.” You don’t swear to the Country or to the King. You swear to the ideal, the belief, of following the Law. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618)._