Jan 21 2009
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Law Blog - WSJ.com : Reading of the Presidential Oath, Take Two?
Still in awe that two Constituional Law experts (our Chief Justice & a former Con Law professor) managed to mangle this oath so badly. The constitution plainly on its face requires exact recitation of the words in the Constituion. Why Roberts didn’t have it in front of him or memorized down pat is beyond me. While clearly Roberts was the first to misplace a word in the oath (he moved “faithfully”), nevertheless Obama isn’t without fault — he appeared so nervous/excited that he was the first to talk over the other person. Just re-take the oath for posterity’s sake to be sure — it’ll take less than a minute!
