Oaths are out of fashion these days. This is an era in which it is widely considered unreasonable to expect the President of the United States to obey basic principles of law and justice, much less to honor something as abstract as an oath. Perjury the violation of a legally binding oath-is publicly defended as proof of the offender\u27s humanity rather than his criminality. And one should not even mention in polite company something as gauche as honoring an oath of marriage. Those pesky vows of marital fidelity were, after all, just words
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An oath is declared to be the calling upon God to witness that what is said by the person sworn is...
This Article explores whether the President should interpret the Constitution aggressively and, if s...
Executive power in America is outlined by the U.S. Constitution, but presidents have made decisions ...
Part of Symposium: The Sound of Legal Thunder: The Chaotic Consequences Of Crushing Constitutional B...
Presidential inaugurations frequently invite widespread civic celebration, the broad rhetoric of an ...
The Constitution requires that all legislators, judges, and executive officers swear or affirm their...
Scholars raise the perennial questions of the role of the oaths, and the degree to which the oaths s...
Loyalty oaths have long been imposed upon citizens of both monarchies and republics as conditions pr...
Some constitutional theorists defend unbounded executive power to respond to emergencies or expansiv...
Oaths of office are required by the second and sixth articles of the United States Constitution. Th...
Strauss explores the context of executive non-enforcement in a broad way that may help in understand...
For anyone with an interest in the politics of courts, Jeffrey Toobin’s The Oath is a good read. Lay...
That comprehensive and undefined presidential powers hold both practical advantages and grave danger...
Article II of the U.S. Constitution twice imposes a duty of faithful execution on the President, who...
[Excerpt] Most experts believe that, while a president can be criminally prosecuted after leaving o...
An oath is declared to be the calling upon God to witness that what is said by the person sworn is...
This Article explores whether the President should interpret the Constitution aggressively and, if s...
Executive power in America is outlined by the U.S. Constitution, but presidents have made decisions ...