This article explores the distinction between a constitutional republic and a corporate fiction-based government, focusing on how taking an oath to a corporate entity rather than the Constitution may shift an official’s allegiance from safeguarding individual rights to upholding statutory law. It delves into the legal implications of swearing an additional oath after already pledging to uphold the Constitution, suggesting this move could turn officials into functionaries of a corporate state rather than true constitutional representatives.
The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). It was originally published […]