{"id":374062,"date":"2025-11-12T17:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374062\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:52:16","slug":"constitution-doesnt-specify-who-administers-oath-to-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374062\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution doesn\u2019t specify who administers oath to lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By John Paul Parks | Scottsdale<\/p>\n

In regard to Professor Jennifer L. Selin\u2019s opinion, House speaker\u2019s refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva supported by history, law:<\/p>\n

If administration is at the discretion of the speaker, at what point does his refusal to administer it run afoul of Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)?<\/p>\n

By what authority may Congress effectively prohibit a duly elected and qualified person from taking her seat?<\/p>\n

The Constitution requires an oath. It does not specify who must administer it or give Congress authority to limit the persons who may do so.<\/p>\n

Calvin Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a notary public and justice of the peace. Why couldn\u2019t Rep. Grijalva have been sworn in by a notary and taken her seat?<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: John Paul Parks is a Scottsdale attorney. Please submit comments at\u00a0yourvalley.net\/letters<\/a> or email them to AzOpinions@iniusa.org.\u00a0We are committed to publishing a wide variety of reader opinions, as long as they meet our\u00a0Civility Guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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