I imagine it's because, that is probably the only part of the procedure where every person can truly be treated equally. We all have to use the same source or means to be sworn in by, no matter what the race, religion or financial state.
This is just my opinion. Not meant to OFFEND anyone.
April 6, 1841, was the day that John Tyler was sworn in as President. He was sworn at the Indian Queen Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue by Chief Justice William Cranch of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
Ronald Reagan nominated the first female member of the US Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor, in 1981. She was sworn in on September 25, 1981, and retired in 2006.
The first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. She was officially sworn in and took her seat on September 25, 1981.
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in while on his way back to Washington after the death of Kennedy in Dallas.
He was elected in November 1960, but not sworn in until Friday the 20th of January 1961.
He used the same bible that Lincoln used.
Barack Obama will be sworn into office using Lincoln's bible.
Barack Obama will be using the same bible Abraham Lincoln used when he was sworn in as President.
No, this is a myth. Barack Obama is a Christian and was sworn in at the Senate with his hand on a Bible in 2004. He used a Bible that he owned, and the oath was administered by Dick Cheney. When he became president in 2008, he was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and used a bible once owned by Martin Luther King, and another that was used by Abraham Lincoln. But, there was a person in the House of Representatives who is Muslim (Keith Ellison of Minnesota) who was sworn-in using a Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
The lawyer produced a sworn affidavit in court today.
he already did :)
Many Christians, including ministers, believe that the Bible teaches that we should not swear at all, on the Bible or otherwise. So they will usually just say they "affirm" that they will tell the truth.
Nothing. He just raised his right hand and swore in.
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No you don't.In many courts, the UK included, it is normal to swear an oath on the bible or otherwise swear a declaration.For religious reasons, an atheist can make a promise and does not need to use a bible at all.Also, for religious reasons, some Christians refuse to swear an oath because the bible instructs not to swear and they are able to make a promise before God.For others with religious beliefs that are non Christian, courts have forms of promise that are acceptable to them.All countries and all courts have their own rules and guidelines.
According to Fox News, President Obama was sworn in using a Lincoln bible borrowed from the Library of Congress. There is also a story that he had a Koran with him if that is what you are asking.
The ornate, five-inch-thick Bible with a Celtic cross has been in Biden's family since 1893, according to Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del. Biden has used the Bible each time he's been sworn in, as did his son Beau when he was sworn in as Delaware's attorney general.