U.S. Citizen's Oath
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A voluntary oath for citizens of the United States based on the oath required of members of Congress.
For more than two hundred thirty-six years, through one hundred nineteen Congresses, every member of Congress —perhaps as many as 13,000 persons in all— has been required to take an oath "to support" the Constitution, as mandated by Article VI, Clause 3.

Remarkably, the framers of the Constitution did not prescribe the exact wording of the congressional oath as they did for the presidential oath in Article II, Section 1. Instead, they left it to Congress to draft its own oath, requiring only that it bind members "to support" the Constitution. It was a task pointedly assigned to Congress and absolutely consistent with the overall design for governance under the Constitution that Congress took seriously and -despite working under a daunting legislative agenda- promptly completed.

On June 1, 1789, a bill passed by both the House and Senate, titled "An Act to Regulate the Time and Manner of Administering Certain Oaths," was presented to President George Washington. He signed it that same day. Applying his distintive signature to the parchment made the act the first law enacted under the Constitution of 1787.

Over the years Congress has revisited its oath on several occasions, most recently in 1966, when it codified the wording that remains in effect today. That oath, quoted below, serves as both the inspiration for and the foundation of the voluntary Citizen's Oath you are now considering.

United States of America Citizen's Oath

(Note: Differences between the voluntary citizen's oath and the mandatory congressional oath are indicated in red . Words added appear in bold type. Words deleted are struck through . Click here to learn more.)

UncleSam I, [Your First Name]   [Your Last Name],
do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will support, preserve, protect, and defend
the Constitution of the United States
as originally adopted and lawfully amended
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.
Citizen of the United States of America,
the most just, successful, and consequential nation in human history.
So help me God. DeB 445
  Yes!   I accept this oath.
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CopyTimesStrikeBlack the drafters of the Constitution did not supply the full wording for the congressional oath as they did for the presidential oath in Article II Section 1. Instead, they left it to Congress to compose its own oath -requiring only that it bind members "to support" the Constitution- which Congress was more than happy to do. On June 1, 1789 a bill passed by the House and the Senate titled "An Act to Regulate the Time and Manner of Administering Certain Oaths" was sent to President Washington. Signed into law on the same day, it was the first law to go into effect in the United States of America under the Constitution of 1787.

Congress has revisited their oath on occasion, most recently in 1966 when it codified the version current today. Quoted below, it the inspiration and basis for the Citizen's Oath. AI edited-- For more than 236 years, through 119 Congresses, every member of Congress —perhaps as many as 13,000 persons in all— has been required to take an oath "to support" the Constitution, as mandated by Article VI, Clause 3. Remarkably, the framers of the Constitution did not prescribe the wording of the congressional oath, as they did for the presidential oath in Article II, Section 1. Instead, they left Congress to compose its own oath, requiring only that it bind members "to support" the Constitution —a responsibility Congress promptly undertook. On June 1, 1789, a bill passed by both the House and Senate, titled "An Act to Regulate the Time and Manner of Administering Certain Oaths," was presented to President George Washington. He signed it into law that same day, making it the first federal law enacted under the Constitution of 1787. Congress has revisited its oath on several occasions, most recently in 1966, when it codified the wording still in use today. That oath, quoted below, served as both the inspiration and the foundation for the voluntary Citizen's Oath you are considering. ------***------***-------Error: Error: expected [/FUNCTIONSPACE], but found [/!] instead[/!]