28 U.S.C. § 453

Oaths of justices and judges

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Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: “I, ___ ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as ___ under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 252 cases (77 in the last 5 years), 1927–2026 · leading case: United States v. Holland, 519 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2008).
United States v. Holland, 519 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “” 28 U.S.C. § 453 . Without this proposition, we could recuse ourselves for any reason or no reason at all; we could pick and choose our cases, abandoning those that we find difficult, distasteful, inconvenient or just plain boring.”
Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004). · cites it 2× “" See 28 U.S.C. § 453 ; 5 U.S.C. § 3331 ; 10 U.”
Reiyn Keohane v. Florida Dep't of Corr. Sec'y, 952 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2020). · cites it 2× “See 28 U.S.C. § 453 . And our best understanding of the law is that—for better or worse—it simply does not entitle Ms.”
Kansas v. Marsh, 548 U.S. 163 (2006). · cites it 2× “all the duties" of their office, 28 U. S. C. §453 . Our decision to grant certiorari is guided by the consid- erations set forth in Rule 10.”
Loper Bright Enter. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024). “Rather than insulate adjudication from power and politics to ensure a fair hearing “without respect to persons” as the federal judicial oath demands, 28 U. S. C. § 453 , Chevron deference requires courts to “place a fn- ger on the scales of justice in favor of the most powerful…”
Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U.S. 374 (1978). · cites it 2× “" See 28 U. S. C. § 453 . [6] The "public charge" provision, which falls on parents who have faithfully met their obligations, but who are unable to pay enough to remove their children from the welfare rolls, obviously cannot be justified by a state interest in assuring the…”
Burke v. Regalado, 935 F.3d 960 (10th Cir. 2019). “" (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 453 (judicial oath of office)), aff'd , 758 F.”
Benny Barmapov v. Guy Amuial, 986 F.3d 1321 (11th Cir. 2021). “§ 453 (“Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: ‘I, ___ ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to…”
Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric., 553 U.S. 591 (2008). “See 28 U. S. C. §453 . As we explained long ago, the Fourteenth Amendment “requires that all persons subjected to .”
Del Marcelle v. Brown Cnty. Corp., 680 F.3d 887 (7th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “See 28 U.S.C. § 453 . As we explained long ago, the Fourteenth Amendment "requires that all persons subjected to .”
Van Dyke Johnson v. Stephen Doughty, Doctor, John Cearlock, Don Hinderliter, 433 F.3d 1001 (7th Cir. 2006). “See 28 U.S.C. § 453 . Indeed, Congress, in the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.”
Lewis v. Green, 629 F. Supp. 546 (D.D.C. 1986). · cites it 3× “§ 1981 ; 28 U.S.C. § 453 ; and 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 , 242.”
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