Having messed up the inaugural oath during the presidential inauguration ceremonies on Capitol Hill, Obama was responsive to constitutional expert’s pleas urging him to retake the oath.
“It’s an open question whether he’s president until he takes the proper oath” stressed Jack Beermann, a Boston University constitutional scholar. Moreover, Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at [...]
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January 22, 2009
Inaugural Oath, second attempt: Barack Obama decided to take the oath again
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Tags: Barack Obama, Chief Justice John Roberts, Inagural Oath
January 21, 2009
The Inaugural Oath: Who messed it up? Chief Justice John Roberts or the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama?
When Barack Hussein Obama took the oath at 12.05 am he was already President of the the United States. The presidency did not start off too well for him though as there were obvious problems with the Inaugural Oath. Who messed up? Chief Justice John Roberts mixing up words or Barack Obama getting confused?
You decide.
This [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama, Chief Justice John Roberts, Inaugural Oath





