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Re:Watched: Police are stockpiling databases with personal i... by syshum on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @08:25PM (#12493384)
>> They are sworn (like all public employees) to protect the Constitution

Sorry no.

Federal Law Enforcement, Military, and Elected officials maybe. Probably some other Federal Employees

But there is no requirement, nor do many local police dept, require any oath at all, and I can not think of any off the top of my head that have a oath to the Constitution in their ceremony.

Re:Watched: Police are stockpiling databases with personal i... by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @02:06AM (#12494555)
Sorry, no: you need to look into the text and application of Art. VI, cl. 3 (the "Oaths Clause") of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the similar provisions in many U.S. state constitutions.
Re:Watched: Police are stockpiling databases with personal i... by syshum on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @06:38AM (#12495547)
That does NOT apply to "all public employees"

That apples to Elected Officials, Judicial Officers.

Further my state has no such clause in its constitution

Re:Watched: Police are stockpiling databases with personal i... by dragonwriter on Thursday September 15, 2016 @11:45AM (#12507098)
> That does NOT apply to "all public employees"

Yes, it does. (Well, arguably not to legislative branch officers who are not themselves legislators, though AFAIK both the federal government and all states actually do have such officers make a similar oath or affirmation to the one required by the Oaths Clause.)

> That apples to Elected Officials, Judicial Officers.

No, it applies to:

(1) All federal and state legislators, (2) All executive officers, and (3) All judicial officers.

"Executive officers" is not the same as "elected officials". The oaths clause use of "officers" has similar breadth of that in the Appointments Clause (Art. II, S. 2, cl. 2) except that the Oaths Clause expressly applies to both state and federal officers, and the Appointments Clause only to federal officers.

> Further my state has no such clause in its constitution

The main additional effect of state oaths clauses (whether Constitutional or statutory) is to require an oath to the state constitution in approximately the same class of state officers that are covered by the federal oaths clause. (They often also reiterate the federal requirement.)