re: #406 subsailor68

OT, but not completely:

Drudge reported that President Obama did not use a Bible when he retook the oath at the White House. So let me see, he and Chief Justice Roberts blew the first ceremony, which did include a Bible, and got the second one right, while not.

So which oath is valid? Both? Neither?

The second was clearly valid; the bible is not a requirement. The first wasn’t in form because of the garbled language.

Art. 2, Sec 1:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:

“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.”