In this sense, the Oaths Clause is the completion of the Supremacy Clause. Stated more precisely, the Oaths Clause, along with the president’s oath of office prescribed in Article II ...
“If you’re a witness in court, you have to swear an oath to tell the truth, for example,” he says, “or in the Netherlands they have this Dutch banker’s oath for people working in the ...
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On taking oaths
What does an oath mean these days? Originally, it meant that one risked one’s life if they broke it. I’m asserting councillors should face the firing squad, but take a doctors oath (as an example). Do ...
Presidents can choose another book, for example, John Quincy Adams swore the Oath of Office with his hand on a law book. When Donald Trump took the Oath of Office for the second time to become the ...