folks worthy of trust,
confidence, not required
for public office
US Secret Service agents carry a Commission Book that holds their badge and their commission as an agent.
The commission book of the agent states that the bearer is “Worthy of Trust and Confidence.”
The US Secret Service careers website says, “The United States Secret Service culture is represented through the agency’s five core values: justice, duty, courage, honesty and loyalty. These values, and the Secret Service adage “Worthy of Trust and Confidence,” resonate with each man and woman who has sworn to uphold these principles. Not only do these values foster a culture of success, but they also hold each person to the highest standards of personal and professional integrity.”
The words “Worthy of Trust and Confidence ” do not appear in the US Constitution in the qualifications listed for President, Senator or Representative.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Maybe Mr. Madison and his buddies couldn’t imagine that these words might be needed.
On the other hand, maybe they did know and realized that using these words might severely limit the employment pool.
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