OATH OR AFFIRMATION CLAUSE

Oath or Affirmation Clause. The clause of the U.S. Constitution requiring members of Congress and the state legislatures, and all members of the executive or judicial branches — state or local — to pledge by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 3. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 36(1). C.J.S. […]