What is it called if ANY elected official FAILS to defend the Constitution?

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

I simply can not find an accurate characterization for those who fail to do so.

[Oceansaway]

1. a rim job....n/t

[annabanana]

2. breach of contract?. . . . .

[glowing]

3. TREASON!!! AND PUNISHABLE BY DEATH!!!!

[SDuderstadt]

8. Treason has a very specific meaning...

in the constitution. You ought to learn what it is before throwing it around. Seriously.

[glowing]

24. I think it should have stuck years ago on his grand-daddy.. since then

their family's goal has been to take down the USA and install a fascist dictatorship.

[Junkdrawer]

4. dereliction of duty - failure to uphold the oath of office. n/t

[yourout]

17. Best Answer.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

22. Soldiers are held to the first, are congress and executive critters held to the latter?

Apparently,...

NOT!

Worse, our soldiers who are provided a mere PITTANCE to serve are SEVERELY PUNISHED WHEN TAKING A STAND TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION.

It's so confusing.

No wonder so many are committing suicide.

So sad.

No wonder our country is so torn.

[whistle]

5. treason

[onenote]

25. no. read your constitution.

[deminks]

6. Umm, perhaps a coup? Like the one in 2000?

[Mojambo]

7. Business as usual. n/t

[Breeze54]

9. But some did defend it. It wasn't all that abdicated their oaths of office.

Hang in there. :hug:

Things change.

Sometimes slowly, sometimes so fast you can't keep up.

Buckle your seat belt. ;)

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

14. Oh, well,....I know that,...and I know democracy in this country isn't dead, yet.

I just need to put an accurate characterization on that particular failure when our entire nation is BUILT upon it.

If our Constitution isn't defended, what use is there in a national defense since the fundamental bases of our nation aren't protected?

So, what's it called,...the failure to defend our Constitution?

I'm thinking "extreme neglect" or "reckless endangerment". But, those don't seem serious enough when considering the fact that, without defense of our Constitution,...we are no longer the nation, the democracy, we,...uh,...were.

:shrug:

[cliffordu]

10. Sold to the highest bidder. Or the "buy it now" button gets hit.

[yourout]

11. indifferent accomplice.

[Canuckistanian]

12. A breach of their Oath

But then oaths are SO passé these days.

I wouldn't worry about it.

[baldguy]

13. Misfeasance

or malfeasance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malfeasance

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

16. Malfeasance is perfectly appropriate,...but, somehow,...short in description.

The Bush regime has used words to manipulate our people.

I want to find words to deliver awareness and, frankly, FREEDOM, to my fellow citizens.

I'm not accustomed to battling people so ruthlessly willing to be deceptive.

So, I seek words that overcome the depths of deceit this regime and their cohorts are willing to impose upon the American people.

[Warpy]

15. Grounds for immediate impeachment

but that assumes his party isn't blocking all attempts to enforce the laws of the country because they're too busy looting it.

[Gold Metal Flake]

18. The End of the United States of America.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

19. I assume you are referring to an extreme where NONE defend the Constitution.

I am seeking characterization of those elected individuals who FAIL to defend the Constitution.

[readmoreoften]

20. Or a not-so-extreme situation where 90% fail to defend it. Which is where we're at.

If you count "all those who have in some way failed to protect the constitution at SOME POINT within the past 8 years" we're getting pretty close to 99%.

[1]

21. everyday politics...

lately...

[2hip]

23. Dereliction of duty nt

[onenote]

26. what do you define as a failure to defend the constitution?

The reason I ask is that many presidents take or support actions that are found to be unconstitutional. Truman and the steel seizure (held to be an abuse of executive power) comes to mind. And sometimes presidents take actions that are held constitutional that in retrospect seem totally at odds with the constitution, such as FDR's interment order for Japanese-Americans in WWII.

My point isn't to defend chimpy and their gang, whose actions have been quite indefensible. Its simply to point out that the issue you raise does not necessarily lend itself to an easy answer.

[mmonk]

27. A bush democrat.

The Republicans are violators. I don't delineate much between them because unConstitutional government is illegitimate, or one that engages in high crimes and misdemeanors against it.

[SmileyRose]

28. If it's deliberate trashing like Bushco? - Treason

[scheming daemons]

29. Status quo?