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On The Oath

Many looking closely at it say it was mainly Roberts who screwed up, but I say they both did, and I agree with the comment on Balloon Juice - "Clearly, this means that the inauguration is not valid according to a strict interpretation of Article 5 of the Constitution. I believe that, technically, this means that Ted Stevens is now acting president 'until such time as the oath is properly administered'." Ha. I'm sure they will get right on that. :-)


Abulsme - Tue, 20 Jan 2009, 19:58:41 UTC

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Article V?

I know it was text you quoted from the other site and all, but if we're being sticklers for details...

I would be surprised if they didn't immediately clear it up once he was off the stage.


Posted by: gregh on Tue, 20 Jan 2009, 20:23:43 UTC

Yeah, I know. I saw that too. But as you said, I was quoting...


Posted by: Abulsme on Tue, 20 Jan 2009, 20:28:52 UTC

Of course, I should have pointed out the error in what I was quoting, but I thought it was funnier without that. :-/


Posted by: Abulsme on Tue, 20 Jan 2009, 20:36:36 UTC

Oh, and to be clear for anyone following, the Oath is in Article 2.


Posted by: Abulsme on Tue, 20 Jan 2009, 20:52:28 UTC

And a related discussion on timing:

http://volokh.com/posts/1232483177.shtml


Posted by: Abulsme on Tue, 20 Jan 2009, 21:31:22 UTC


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