‘The Presidential oath, which the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment surely knew, requires the President to swear to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ the Constitution — not to ‘support’ the Constitution,’ read a filing from the former president’s attorneys
It is not only the military who takes the oath to support the Constitution and defend it against all enemies. It’s generally most Federal employees. I took the oath as a requirement for one of my former jobs too and I’m not military. I was proud to take that oath and I still uphold it for life.