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31. I read what I signed, approx 1980 -- 2000, and iirc I swore to uphold the US Constitution and Calif State Constitution

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Sat May 31, 2025, 02:35 PM

May 31

I thought the bit about California was weird, but signed. Swearing to uphold the US Constitution gave me no trouble at all, and I signed. Working at UC and the County were good jobs for secretaries: the pay wasn’t so great, but the family benefits were outstanding.

I knew full well these oaths were relics of both WWII and the Red Scare — but I also knew there were people who could be excused from signing on personal religious or ethical grounds, and that there was legal precedence for that. Quakers, for instance, have been allowed to “affirm” their truthfulness in courts of law since before the nation was founded — and that applied to employment as well.

What trump is doing, however, is straight out of the Dictator’s Handbook: gut the Civil Service, make the remainder swear fealty to him , and make all new-hires nepotism and patronage jobs.

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