In some instances, the filing of an oath is to be accompanied by an undertaking, or bond. The undertaking provides security in cases of public officials who are also directly in control of ...

The oath is as old as the constitution itself and an important ritual to affirm the duty of senators when undertaking the single most important check on presidential power, ...

(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the Bibles brought to the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol ...

Trump is not the first president to take the oath of office without placing his hand on a Bible. At least four presidents ...

(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the Bibles brought to the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol ...

(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the Bibles brought to the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol ...