tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9962318.post5686130336899102209..comments2024-01-19T19:09:23.701-08:00Comments on UpWord: Strict Textualism, So Help Me GodTom Chatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570407221616215818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9962318.post-46364315440628259082009-01-26T07:19:00.000-08:002009-01-26T07:19:00.000-08:00Oops, I do indeed mean Article VI. I guess I shoul...Oops, I do indeed mean Article VI. I guess I shouldn't try to do Roman numerals late at night. ;-) <BR/><BR/>Re the 20th Amendment, it's not clear that the amendment repeals the requirement for the oath. There's an interesting discussion of that on the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States#Suspension_of_the_executive_power" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia page</A>.Tom Chatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570407221616215818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9962318.post-61182781506345099302009-01-26T05:30:00.000-08:002009-01-26T05:30:00.000-08:00The point was recently made somewhere that the Twe...The point was recently made somewhere that the Twentieth Amendment actually repeals the oath requirement altogether:<BR/><BR/><I>The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.</I><BR/><BR/>Since Amendments trump Articles, the terms now end and commence without any need for the Oath.<BR/><BR/>P.S. You mean Article VI -- there is no Article XI. ;-)<BR/><BR/>P.P.S. Thanks for the FB add!KipEsquirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326513032807027956noreply@blogger.com