The first sentence of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...

“In the petition, we argue that administering this oath is purely a ministerial act ... of the right to participate and vote on all vital legislative matters,” she added.

For the second time, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Inauguration Day Monday in Washington, D.C., by raising his right hand and putting his left hand on top of a Bible.

He had been sentenced to 22 years in prison. Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the Oath Keepers militia, also was released shortly after midnight on Tuesday in Cumberland, Maryland. Trump ...

New Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, left, raises his hand to take an oath during a swearing in ceremony for the new government in front of Belgium’s King Philippe at the Royal Palace in ...

John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, joining all Republicans in voting to confirm ... Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the oath of office to Bondi at the White House on Wednesday ...

One day, there will be a trivia question: which Chief Justice issued the presidential oath to the same President, for non-consecutive terms, and presided over (at least) one of his impeachment trials?

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He wrote to John Hancock, president of Congress, in February 1777, to “strongly recommend every State to fix upon some Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to be tendered to all the Inhabitants ...

The recently released RPG title, Ys Memoire The Oath in Felghana, features numerous exciting quests, some challenging boss fights, and a lot of dungeon hunting. Since this is essentially a remake ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it. By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, leader and founder of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia group, was prepared to give an order he had no experience in giving. That day, William Todd ...