While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald Trump on Monday, continuing a two-century-old tradition.
Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutionally mandated 35-word oath to President-elect Donald Trump.
When the Supreme Court justices first shared an inaugural stage with Donald Trump, they heard the new president deliver a 16-minute declaration against the country and vow, “This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
He grew up in Long Beach, Indiana. As an attorney for the government and in private practice, he argued 39 cases before the US Supreme Court and won 25 of them. Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution. Roberts is the youngest chief justice since John Marshall in 1801.
As is custom for new presidents, Trump will deliver an inaugural address. His first inaugural address lasted a mere 16 minutes, and spanned 1,433 words. It was the shortest since the late Jimmy Carter’s inaugural address in 1977. “American carnage” was a phrase that reverberated from Trump’s speech.
Vance will repeat these expected to be spoken by Justice Brett Kavanaugh just before noon:
Justice Brett Kavanaugh will administer the oath of office to Vice President-elect JD Vance. Trump tapped Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court in 2018. Vance will be sworn in first.
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Other performers will include two of Trump’s musical favorites: opera singer Christopher Macchio, who will sing the “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and country singer Lee Greenwood, known for his patriotic anthem, “God Bless the USA,” also played at Trump rallies.
Even the motivations behind Barrett's rushed nomination were called into question, painting her as the vessel through which Republicans would finally be able to overturn the Affordable Care Act due to a case arriving at the court about the same time as she did in October 2020.
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President William Henry Harrison delivered his inaugural address on a bitterly cold day in March 1841. He refused to wear a coat and traveled to and from the inauguration on open horseback. His address is also the longest in U.S. history, with Harrison speaking for more than two hours.