President Trump bucked tradition on Monday when he did not place his hand on the Bible while taking the oath of office during his second inauguration. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the ...

All the Constitution requires is that the President-elect, in this case Trump, must take the oath of office and recite the specific words. The rest is up to those participating in the ceremony.

Kevin Butterfield is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The Constitution is remarkably nonspecific on most things, and deliberately so. John Marshall famously wrote ...

It is illegal under military law for any commissioned officer to make "contemptuous words" against the president or other ...

During the ceremony, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutionally mandated 35-word presidential oath of office. "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will ...

The Oath Keepers were founded by a guy called Stewart Rhodes, who's a graduate of Yale Law School. In his own words, he wanted ... And he's only been in office a few days, but he's already putting ...

Linda Johnston's career has spanned multiple continents and various leadership roles, but the renowned nursing researcher ...

Every U.S. president-elect has uttered these 35 Constitutionally-specified words before they’ve entered the White House, from George Washington to Joe Biden. The Oath of Office ceremony ...

Donald Trump takes office for his second term as ... because each president who recites this oath or affirmation is “bound” by the words themselves, per Article VI. The same article also ...