The Oath to Uphold the United States Constitution
By: Scott Bradley
Date: July 18, 2006
Article VI clause 3 of the United States Constitution requires that all who hold office in the United States take an oath to uphold the United States Constitution:
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution..."
In compliance with this requirement, as they enter office, Members of Congress take the following oath of office:
"I, (nam