sfgate.com - 1/21/2009
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sfgate.com —
The 35-word oath is explicitly prescribed in the
Constitution, Article II, Section 1, which begins by saying...
the president "shall" take the oath "before he enter on the execution of his office." The oath reads: "I do solemnly swear that I will ...
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Experts say Obama should retake the oath
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/20/2009
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC's Pete Williams The recitation of the
presidential oath came in fits and starts. The Constitution...
prescribes the text: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to best of ...
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About that oath flub
msnbc.msn.com - 1/22/2009
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msnbc.msn.com —
After the flub heard around the world, President
Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again....
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered it Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over.
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Do-over: Obama retakes oath of office
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Obama Faces First Grammatical Challenge As President
Swampland —
Grammarians will tell you that sometimes adverb location matters. For instance, "She gave birth naturally" does not mean the same thing as "Naturally, she gave birth." So we turn to Obama's oath of office, which was dutifully botched by its administrator, Chief Justice John Roberts. He was supposed to say to Obama, "I will faithfully execute the office of the President ...
Both the Chief Justice and the President Flubbed the Oath:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
Little Green Footballs says that "it was Justice Roberts who messed it up, not Obama." But it appears to me that the President had the presence of mind to pause after catching the Chief Justices's error and then repeated the error himself. First, here is what the Constitution says: "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." Here is the transcript (which does not indicate the President pausing to enable the Chief Justice to correct himself): ROBERTS: Are you prepared to take the oath, Senator? OBAMA: I ...
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CNN Political Ticker 1/20/2009
GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) – As Barack Obama took the oath of office Tuesday, the head of the United Nations was touring war-ravaged Gaza and southern Israel — and taking the opportunity to send a message to the new U.S. leader.
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