As a private citizen your main responsibility is to vote and vote intelligently by doing your best to find out relevant information about the candidates. You also have to responsibility to report illegal activities that would undermine the constitution.
...I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...
To Preserve, Protect, and defend the constitution of the U.S.
PROTECT, DEFEND and PRESERVE
PROTECT, DEFEND and PRESERVE
the president of the United States of America
all branches
He must "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States
He/She must preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States
When the President of the United States is sworn into office, he swears to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution by taking the following oath of office : "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
The constitution is the highest law of the US; the entire legal and organizational structure of the United States depends upon the constitution. Another way of putting it is, the constitution is the basic agreement by means of which the country of the United States was created. Hence, the highest duty of the President is to defend the constitution. That is what the President is elected to do.
To support and defend the constitution means to uphold and protect the principles and laws outlined in the constitution of a country. This includes respecting the rights and freedoms of citizens, following the rule of law, and ensuring that the government operates within the limits set by the constitution.