To: goldstategop
All BS aside, what is the legal basis pro and con for this?
Can an elected representative sit if he refuses the oath?
8 posted on
11/27/2006 9:56:36 PM PST by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: bill1952
Can an elected representative sit if he refuses the oath?
Absolutely.
Article VI of the Constitution only requires that a representative take an oath OR affirmation to support the Constitution. Someone who refuses the oath can affirm his support for the Constitution instead of taking an oath.
To: bill1952
Finally someone asked the right question. No, you won't find a requirement to place your hand upon the bible or take a religious oath anywhere in the U.S. Constitution or in the U.S. Code. It's merely an INFORMAL traditionl.
59 posted on
11/28/2006 6:31:55 AM PST by
Melas
(Offending stupid people since 1963)
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