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That judge is insane. The word "officer" literally means "one who holds office". This has always been the dictionary definition of the word. What the fuck is that judge smoking?!
He's smoking his fat bribes from the rich cunts that run the country.
You can read her judgement here: https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/02nd_Judicial_District/Denver_District_Court/11_17_2023%20Final%20Order.pdf
The most convincing part is the other places in the constitution which set up the presidency in opposition to Officers of the United States. However, it's far from clear cut, as people definitely did think of and refer to the president as being an Officer of the United States.
Both can't be true. A president can't be an officer and not an officer. What can be true is an officer that is opposition to other officers. This is what Ben Shapiro would call 'logic.'
I'm afraid that's not the right kind of logic. Laws don't always use words with the exact same meaning throughout, especially when considering a body of law rather than a single document. And here we're not even talking about an inconsistency within the constitution, but consistency between a clause in it and the usage of people in other contexts. Suppose you have a document which says:
Clearly that does not mean the Field Marshal can appoint a new Field Marshal, so in that document we may think "officers" doesn't include Field Marshal. On the other hand in general usage, Field Marshal clearly is an officer. Let's say later on in the document there's a clause which says:
Do we think that "other officers" should include the Field Marshal, here? Sure, we know that in general usage, he is an officer. But also, why did whoever wrote this start with General and then work their way down? Wouldn't they have included the Field Marshal, the most important guy, if they meant for him to be included? Is it not more likely that "other officers" only includes the lower ranks? Besides, in this document we have evidence that "officer" is not always used to include Field Marshal, because he can't appoint a new Field Marshal.
Now in the actual case it's not exactly the same: there are only three things listed besides "officer of the United States" so the argument from the ordering is not as strong. But the argument that officer in general usage included the presidency is also less strong - military ranks are much better defined.
I'm not trying to convince you the argument is right, but to allow you to see the logic of it.