Now I got a question here. Why is it that states must require officials to swear the Oath of Office when 1) said Oaths can be made privately, 2) power can be given before they are given the Oath, and 3) officials are convicted of treason or high crime if they abuse the position anyway? I just know that states must swear to the State constitution. Not state, but State. As in national. Swearing sovereignty to the national government.
Remember waaayyyy back when Obama took the oath of office? He bungled the oath in public and people accused him of not actually being president because he messed up the oath.
He later did a redo in the White House, but he was still President.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
In here, the announcer switched to say "execute faithfully", which stumbled Obama to stutter the phrase.
The problem is that the US Constitution says that all the states must make their officials swear into office. ND didn't have that in their constitution, so therefore they aren't really a state, they are a territory.
That would be illogical because that would eliminate their oath. People want that reassurance, even if it has no merit. If for some reason the constitution was amended to eliminate the oath part, it wouldn't matter. That's like saying that everyone during prohibition who was caught with booze should've been released immediately after prohibition ended. The law dosen't work that way.
