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The Supreme Court's Oath to Support the Constitution
The Supreme Court justices actually have to take two oaths. The first is in accordance with Article 6, all federal officials must take an oath in support of the Constitution. From 1789 until 1861, this oath was, I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States. Then things got a wumpus during the 1860s for obvious reasons. And now this is the oath that you take since 1860 essentially, or since 1865,.