Oaths Clause

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clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

The Oaths Clause is the provision in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution that requires federal and state officials to swear or affirm support for the Constitution as a condition of holding office.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Oaths Clause canonical	2
Article VI Oaths Clause	1
Oath or Affirmation Clause	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
allows	affirmation as an alternative to a religious oath ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oaths Clause ⓘ surface form: Article VI Oaths Clause Oaths Clause ⓘ surface form: Oath or Affirmation Clause
appliesTo	executive officers of the United States ⓘ executive officers of the several states ⓘ federal officials of the United States ⓘ judicial officers of the United States ⓘ judicial officers of the several states ⓘ members of Congress ⓘ members of state legislatures ⓘ state officials of the United States ⓘ
bindingOn	federal government ⓘ state governments ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1789 ⓘ
category	Clauses of the United States Constitution ⓘ Oaths of office in the United States ⓘ
conditionFor	holding federal office ⓘ holding state office under the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalFunction	to formalize allegiance to the constitutional order ⓘ
constitutionalHierarchyRole	reinforces supremacy of the Constitution over other obligations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
draftedByBody	Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
enforcedBy	Congress through implementing statutes ⓘ
foundNear	No Religious Test Clause in Article VI ⓘ
governs	form of oath or affirmation for public officials ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	invalidates assumption of covered offices without required oath or affirmation ⓘ
influencedBy	colonial and state oath practices prior to 1787 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal and state offices under the U.S. constitutional system ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution
purpose	to ensure loyalty to the United States Constitution ⓘ to make support for the Constitution a condition of holding office ⓘ
relatedTo	No Religious Test Clause ⓘ
requires	oath or affirmation to support the Constitution ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures" ⓘ
textIncludes	"shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution" ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article VI → citedAs → Oaths Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution

Oaths Clause → alsoKnownAs → Oaths Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oath or Affirmation Clause

Oaths Clause → alsoKnownAs → Oaths Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article VI Oaths Clause

Article VI of the United States Constitution → containsClause → Oaths Clause ⓘ