Oaths

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Why do elected and appointed officials take oaths? What do they mean? And what happens if somebody breaks that oath?

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0:00.0	All members will please rise. The chair will now administer the oath of office. All members will raise their right hand.
0:11.0	All right, Hannah.
0:12.0	All right, Nick.
0:13.0	Raise your right hand. Do it.
0:15.0	Right.
0:16.0	You bumped the mic. Repeat after me.
0:19.0	Repeat after me.
0:20.0	No, not that part.
0:21.0	No, not that part.
0:22.0	I, Hannah McCarthy.
0:23.0	I, Hannah McCarthy.
0:25.0	Do solemnly swear.
0:26.0	Do solemnly swear.
0:27.0	To record this episode about oaths.
0:30.0	To record this episode about oaths.
0:33.0	I do this without reservation.
0:35.0	I do this without reservation.
0:37.0	End of my own free will.
0:38.0	End of my own free will.
0:39.0	I'm going to try and have a good time.
0:41.0	And I'm going to try and have a good time.
0:43.0	I was going to have you say, so help me God, but I'm going to be talking about that quite a lot today.
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