A select number of presidents have not sworn on the Bible, which was more common in earlier chapters of American history when specific rules and traditions weren’t as entrenched as they are today.

But in one place the drafters of the Constitution wrote word for word what governance would look like under the newly constituted United States ... upon some Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance ...

Trump will be taking the oath of office ... the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take ...

While there is no constitutional requirement to swear an oath by religious or secular text, to do so has become ... Office or public Trust under the United States." As such, some non-religious ...

If Trump did indeed refrain from placing his hand on the bible for the entire ceremony, he wasn't the first president to take the oath of office without touching a religious text. For example ...

The answer is, quite simply, no. It's the oath that matters ... the use of any specific text for swearing-in ceremonies. Article VI, Clause 3 of the Constitution states that: "no religious ...

WASHINGTON — On January 20, Donald Trump will take the oath of ... of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that ...