Talk:Oath of office

NPOV
This is practically an identical copy of the linked page, and is hideously NPOV anyway ('moving'?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.168.71.229 (talk • contribs)

The UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa was Commonwealth realm with the british monarch as head of state,so it wasnt an ordinary dominion.

THe arcebishbop of canterbury speech was "Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,the Union of South Africa...",as you can see at the video of the queen coronation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.5.80.126 (talk) 14:55, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Merge with President of the United States oath of office
These pages repeat each other; I think the United States section of Oath of office should be merged with President of the United States oath of office. Philip Stevens 10:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge, BUT!, I think that President of the United States oath of office should become a redirect to oath of office. (I have put a copy of this discussion on the other page) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.110.168 (talk • contribs) 10:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Leave evrik 14:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

So help me God
The claim that "it has been conventional for Presidents to add "so help me God" at the end of the oath. George Washington did this at his inauguration in 1789." is false. GW did not append shmG in either his 1st or 2nd inauguration, nor did John Adams, and there is reason to believe no president did until Chester Arthur. See http://www.nonbeliever.org/commentary/shmG.html - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.216.11.5 (talk • contribs)
 * The Architect of the Capitol would disagree with you.
 * April 30, 1789 - http://www.aoc.gov/aoc/inaugural/inaug_fact.cfm
 * --evrik 01:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The Architect of the Capital, despite repeated requests, has never produced a first hand account that substantiates GW appended shmG. That they refuse to either produce such a citation or withdraw the claim reflects poorly on them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.249.21.234 (talk • contribs)

The author's own citation for the US Congressional and Presidential oath of office contradicts his claim that the text of the oath does not include the words "so help me God". The citation points to US code title 5, para. 3331: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/05/3331-

which text clearly includes the words "so help me God", current as of Jan. 2, 2006. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.225.221.27 (talk) 16:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Read the whole thing. It says, and I quote:
 * “An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services shall take the following oath: ‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.’” [bolding mine for emphasis] And by the way, "So help me God" is optional. That's why it's perfectly permissible for one to "affirm" the oath. —MicahBrwn (talk) 06:28, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Languages
Why are the oaths that officials take in Spain, Poland, Mexico, and Italy the only ones with the native languages (Castilian Spanish, Polish, Español Mexicano, and Italian, respectively) AND English? I move that either the oaths in the aforementioned native languages are removed, or the oaths in Belorussian, Portuguese, Fijian, Finnish, German, whatever dialect of Chinese is common in Hong Kong (assuming the oath isn't taken in English), Hindu, Persian, Arabic, Norwegian, Urdu, Romanian, Russian, and whatever other languages I missed, should be included as Spanish and English is included. And by the way, how come the oath of office for French officials (or officials le québécois in Canada) aren't included? —MicahBrwn (talk) 07:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, it's been five days (five days exactly, almost down to the minute, how about that?) and there's been no comment. Hence, I've removed the and Spanish, Polish, Italian.  If someone finds the appropriate oaths in Hindu, Persian, Romanian, and the rest; I'll have no problem with someone putting back the Polish, Spanish, and Italian.  —MicahBrwn (talk) 07:24, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe there is no oath of office in France. Québec, on the other hand, is part of Canada, so Québec officers take the same oaths of allegiance and of office as in the rest of Canada; the oaths may be taken in English or in French.177.188.155.142 (talk) 20:20, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

UK Lord Chancellor
Wasn't one of the effects of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 that the Lord Chancellor no longer takes the Judicial Oath? -Rrius (talk) 03:30, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

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Oath is also taken by federal employees in US
This page seems to only refer to elected officers. But the US oath of office is also taken by civil service employees. It's important for people to know that federal employees commit to support the constitution, not the president. If this doesn't belong on this page, then where? Authoritative statement at Cornell: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331 Searhes point here: http://twothirds.us/the-oaths-of-office/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chipotle (talk • contribs) 15:25, 27 August 2017 (UTC)