That award goes to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), who voted for a bill he believed to be unconstitutional.

So, he has it both ways, like any other politician; he was against it, until he voted for it. As Cato@Liberty said in the cited post:

too many people seem to think that the Constitution will somehow automatically check the government when it goes too far. Not so. The Constitution cannot enforce itself.

And, speaking of oaths and so forth, the Senate’s Oath of Office:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

That oath is found here.

Maybe Arlen could check that out sometime.

-k-

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