The oaths, which rarely attract much attention, have become a common subject in the final days of the Trump presidency, being invoked by members of both parties as they met Wednesday to affirm ...

Oaths are also contracts involving a solemn pledge before the Almighty: “so help me God.” Breaking a promise is abhorrent. Knowingly breaking an oath is sinful.

Laws against oaths were banned in 1964 4 states%27 employees must swear they are not subversives Oath opponents say Americans aren%27t worried about communism OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — It has been ...

They want to take their oaths on the Moon God book like Obama did in 2008. The problem is, the Constantinople Clause says that Christianity must be observed for oaths 'lest they have no meaning.' ...

By 1956, 42 states, including California, and more than 2,000 county or city governments had enacted loyalty oaths for public employees. As Truman had warned, a cancer of fear had swept the nation.

The practice fell into disuse until Reagan revived it with a White House ceremony in 1986 for the elevation of William Rehnquist to chief justice and the appointment of Antonin Scalia as a justice.) A ...

The UC practices remind me a bit of the brouhahas in American universities in the 1950s over loyalty oaths—faculty and perhaps students were expected to swear their allegiance to the United States.

Editorial: Exposing the absurdity of loyalty oaths California Gov. Jerry Brown takes the oath of office for the fourth time as his wife, Anne Gust Brown, looks on during his inauguration at the ...

“Loyalty oaths presuppose that each and all parties have a definitive set of statements that everybody has to hold to,” said Clark Atlanta University political scientist William H. Boone.

Developed in antiquity—in places unknown—to guarantee the truthfulness of the speaker's words, the taking of oaths is now a universal custom. The need for oaths arose as human society became ...

The oaths were mentioned often Wednesday during a joint session of Congress meant to confirm Biden’s victory. Some Republicans who launched objections to the election results claimed their oaths ...