First he has to be legally elected as President or else become president by succession. Second he must be "sworn in" by taking the oath of office before a person who is legally qualified to administer oaths.
January The electoral college is elected in November and the President is elected in December, but the President is sworn with the oath on January 20th!
Members of Congress have a public swearing-in ceremony at the start of each new Congress. The current oath (2014) was written in the 1860s.
your mom did it not me
Both the Oath of Office and the requirement that the President take care that the laws be faithfully executed are specified in the US Constitution.
President Obama swore the oath of office on Abraham Lincoln's Bible.
Yes- the President must take the oath of office as required by the US Constitution.
Yes, all elected officials must be sworn into office.
President "elect" or Senator "elect" I believe is the proper title for an elected individual who has yet to take th oath of office.
First he has to be legally elected as President or else become president by succession. Second he must be "sworn in" by taking the oath of office before a person who is legally qualified to administer oaths.
No, he used the Bible to take his oath of office.
The U.S. Constitution says that the president must take the presidential oath and be sworn in; usually, it is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who administers the oath. If a president is re-elected, he still has to take the oath of office a second time.
Obama took is oath right after he was elected prez
January The electoral college is elected in November and the President is elected in December, but the President is sworn with the oath on January 20th!
Oath of Office
Joe Biden would serve as the President and therefore take the oath of office in the case the Obama did not.
All US presidents take the oath of office, starting with the first president, George Washington.