President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the ...

Eagle-eye onlookers were quick to notice President Donald Trump did not have his hand on the Bible when he took ...

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, taking the oath without placing his hand on the ...

Article VI, Clause 3, of the Constitution says members of Congress, members of state legislatures and executive and judicial ...

Kevin Butterfield is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The Constitution is remarkably ...

President Trump did not place his hands on a stack of Bibles while taking the oath of office Monday, but he did not violate ...

Donald Trump's second inauguration on Monday was marked by breaks from traditions, including moving the ceremony indoors due ...

Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. As Vance took the oath of office, he placed his right ...

because each president who recites this oath or affirmation is “bound” by the words themselves, per Article VI. The same article also says that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a ...