i am Barack Obama and i was not born in the states so screw you guys
Yes- the President must take the oath of office as required by the US Constitution.
i am Barack Obama and i was not born in the states so screw you guys
There is no constitutional requirement as to what time or by what time the president must take the oath of office. In fact, until the Twentieth Amendment was ratified in 1933, there was no constitutional requirement concerning what date the oath must be administered. The only requirement had only been that the president could not "enter on the Execution" of the presidency until after he had made an oath or affirmation.
The constitution requires that before a President can assume their duties they have to take the oath of office. The oath is administered at the official ceremony, the inauguration. When the incoming President speaks the final words of the oath, their Presidency begins and the former President's term in office is officially over.
There is some doubt as to whether it is actually necessary for an incumbent President to re-take the oath upon the start of a new term - some have argued that once the President takes the oath it remains valid for his entire Presidency. In practice, Presidents entering their second terms (and in the case of Franklin D. Roosevelt, his third and fourth terms) have always
The US Constitution requires a new president to be sworn in as follows:" Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." "
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took over the Presidency after the assassination of William McKinley in September, 1901.
The end of article two section one is important to inauguration day because it contains the oath that the president must take to become president. The Chief Justice of the US is most likely the person who the president states the oath to.
The U.S. Constitution says that the president must take the presidential oath and be sworn in; usually, it is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who administers the oath. If a president is re-elected, he still has to take the oath of office a second time.
First he has to be legally elected as President or else become president by succession. Second he must be "sworn in" by taking the oath of office before a person who is legally qualified to administer oaths.
He or she must take the oath of office according to the prescribed format.
Presidential Oath of Office I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.