5 U.S.C. § 3331
Oath of office
An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend 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 this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” This section does not affect other oaths required by law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 72
cases (33 in the last 5 years), 1971–2026 · leading case: Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004).
Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004). “§ 453 ; 5 U.S.C. § 3331 ; 10 U.S.C. § 502 ; 8 CFR § 337.”
United States v. Darrin Todd Haack, 403 F.3d 997 (8th Cir. 2005). “§ 453 (oath of office for judges, and therefore, judicial members of the sentencing commission) with 5 U.S.C. § 3331 (oath of office for individuals "elected or appointed to an office of honor of profit in the civil service or uniformed services.”
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin, 599 U.S. 382 (2023). “' ” 5 U. S. C. § 3331 . That oath— which each Member of Congress who enacted the Bank- ruptcy Code took—indisputably pertains to enemies any- 390 LAC du FLAMBEAU BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS v.”
Law Students Civil Rights Rsch. Council, Inc. v. Wadmond, 401 U.S. 154 (1971). “5 U. S. C. § 3331 (1964 ed., Supp. V). New York's question, however, is less demanding than the federal oath.”
United States v. Conces, 507 F.3d 1028 (6th Cir. 2007). “§§ 2906 and 3331, 12 apply by their terms only to individuals “elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services,” 5 U.S.C. § 3331 (emphasis added), and not to judicial officers.”
Conklin Wallace v. Robert Christensen, 802 F.2d 1539 (9th Cir. 1986). “§§ 21 , 25 (1982) (legislative); 5 U.S.C. § 3331 (1982) (executive). The first and by far the most important assurance that the law will be followed lies in the diligence and good faith of those administering it.”
United States v. Gilberto Redondo-Lemos, 955 F.2d 1296 (9th Cir. 1992). “5 USC § 3331 . When no judicial remedy is available to enforce constitutional strictures, we must rely on the diligence and good faith of the officials of the other branches to avoid constitutional violations.”
In re Anthony, 481 B.R. 602 (D. Neb. 2012). “Copy of Oath First, Anthony “demands” that the Court abide by its oath, and asks the Court to provide her with a “certified copy” of the oath “mandated by 5 U.S.C. § 3331 .” Case no. 4:12-cv-3124 filing 19 at 1.”
Raymond J. Donovan, Sec'y of Labor v. Sarasota Concrete Co. & Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 693 F.2d 1061 (11th Cir. 1982). “See generally 5 U.S.C. § 3331 (oath of office). Indeed, the development of the exclusionary rule as a device to put some “teeth” into the fourth amendment was the judiciary’s response to inaction by the Congress.”
United States v. Mitchell, 39 M.J. 131 (1994). “7 The first fact or circumstance of which a reasonable observer would be aware is that he is assessing the impact or possible impact of this fitness-report system on a military judge.”
United States v. Meregildo, 920 F. Supp. 2d 434 (S.D.N.Y. 2013). “” 5 U.S.C. § 3331 . And they share the same cause: “that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer.”
United States v. Antonio Torres, 862 F.2d 1025 (3rd Cir. 1988). “See 5 U.S.C. § 3331 (“An individual ... appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service .”
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