
	Where results make sense

Topic: Oath of allegiance

	Oath of allegiance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oaths of allegiance are commonly required of newly-naturalised citizens (see Oath of Citizenship), members of the armed forces, and those assuming public (particularly parliamentary and judicial) office.
		I swear (affirm) allegiance to the King, to the Statute for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and to the Constitution.
		There is also an oath of allegiance to the Dalai Lama in his spiritual capacity rather than temporal, or political capacity as Sovereign in exile of Tibet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oath_of_Allegiance (388 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 2, OATH OF ALLEGIANCE: Library of Economics and Liberty
		As late as 1868 the English oath of allegiance was reduced by the promissory oaths act to its present simple, not to say meagre, form, which stands thus: "I,—do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, according to law.
		But it is not simply an oath of allegiance in the modern sense: it includes an oath of fealty in respect of a specific tenure, namely, for the temporalities of the see holden of the crown.
		This oath contains an explicit denial of the pope's authority to depose the king or discharge subjects of their allegiance, a promise to bear allegiance to the crown notwithstanding any papal sentence of excommunication or deprivation, and a disclaimer of all equivocation or mental evasion or reservation.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy772.html (3324 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: English Post-Reformation Oaths
		Hereupon minimizers began to maintain that the words of the oath might be interpreted by the intention of the law-giver, that the oath might therefore be taken.
		Urban VIII is said to have condemned the oath again in 1626 (Reusch, 327), and the controversy continued.
		In 1774 an oath was proposed of allegiance to King George (§ 1) and rejection of the Pretender (§ 2), but without prejudice to the pope's spiritual authority, or to any dogma of the Faith.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11177a.htm (4174 words)

	WAIVER OF OATH OF ALLEGIANCE FOR CANDIDATES FOR NATURALIZATION
		The required oath of allegiance as a condition of naturalization under section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1448(a), cannot be waived.
		In concluding that the oath requirement of section 337 cannot be waived, we do not disagree with the proposition advanced in your memorandum that section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (1994), might require some sort of accommodation for persons who, because of their disabilities, cannot take the oath of allegiance.
		The only category of naturalization applicants that Congress exempted from the oath requirement are children who are applying for derivative citizenship pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1433 (1994) and who, in the opinion of the Attorney General, are "unable to understand [the oath's] meaning." 8 U.S.C. § 1448(a).
	www.usdoj.gov /olc/oathlltr3.htm (958 words)

	The Oath of Allegiance has served as the gateway to American citizenship for hundreds of years
		The Oath of Allegiance was first used in 1790 and a standardized Oath was issued in 1929.
		While the text of the Oath of Allegiance is not specified by federal law, 8 U.S.C. 1448 provides five principles of what the Oath of Allegiance must contain.
		That is why I introduced H.R. which would establish the Oath of Allegiance as federal law and give it the same protection as the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem.
	judiciary.house.gov /legacy/ryun040104.htm (837 words)

	John J. Miller of Oath of Allegiance on National Review Online
		NRO has obtained a copy of the new oath, which the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services plans to unveil on September 17 at an event in Washington, D.C. It will be published in the Federal Register that day and be made effective immediately, according to BCIS spokesman Russ Knocke.
		There has been talk for years that the Oath of Allegiance was going to undergo some judicious editing, but most people assumed the changes at least would be discussed before they were imposed.
		Rather than racing forward with this new oath, here's a better idea: Tell the public that there's going to be a new oath in place by Citizenship Day 2004 — and that anybody is welcome to submit a proposal, so long as it abides by five principles encoded in law.
	www.nationalreview.com /miller/miller090503.asp (692 words)

	ipedia.com: Oath of allegiance Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Oaths of allegiance are commonly required of newly-naturalised citizens, members of the armed forces, and those assuming public (particularly parliamentary and judicial) office.
		A typical example of an oath of allegiance is that sworn by Members of Parliament in many Commonwealth countries:
		I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors, according to law.
	www.ipedia.com /oath_of_allegiance.html (351 words)

	MSN Encarta - Pledge of Allegiance
		Pledge of Allegiance, oath of loyalty to the flag of the United States and to the nation it symbolizes.
		I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
		This requirement was first challenged by Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian religious group whose members swear allegiance solely to the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554245/Pledge_of_Allegiance.html (771 words)

	Resist the State Oath of Allegiance
		It is required by the Constitution of the State of California that every state employee (including supported graduate students at the University of California) sign a "State Oath of Allegiance." I resisted this requirement, and I urge others in the UC system with objections to the Oath to do the same.
		They must be viewed in the context of the long and ignominious history of the various loyalty oaths and red scares, the wartime internment of Japanese-American citizens, and other attacks on citizens' rights that stain with everlasting shame both Constitutions to which so many people today remain required to swear loyalty.
		Nonetheless, in my opinion the Oath contradicts itself in its own terms as it cannot be consistent with rights explicitly guaranteed by both constitutions which it apparently seeks to protect.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~jendres/oath (1098 words)

	PERSONAL SATISFACTION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OATH REQUIREMENT
		The accommodation you have suggested -- that a guardian or other legal proxy satisfy the oath requirement of section 337 on behalf of an individual who cannot form the requisite mental intent -- would thus be considered "reasonable" under section 504 only if personal satisfaction of the oath requirement is not essential to naturalization.
		An analysis of the statutory scheme that Congress has established for naturalization, and the function of the oath of allegiance within that process, convinces us that personal satisfaction of the oath requirement is essential to naturalization.
		That Congress considers the oath requirement central to the naturalization process is underscored by the fact that Congress has crafted various statutory accommodations of the oath requirement for persons with disabilities, but has stopped short of exempting such persons from the oath requirement altogether.
	www.usdoj.gov /olc/oathrnd22.htm (1026 words)

	Immigration & Nationality Directorate - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I, A.B. [full name], swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors, according to law.
		This also applies when it is not practicable to administer the oath in accordance with a person's religious belief (e.g.
		Where the person is, for example, of sound mind but is physically or mentally incapable of swearing the oath or making the affirmation in the manner prescribed, a different manner may be acceptable (e.g.
	www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk /ind/en/home/laws___policy/policy_instructions/nis/l-p/oath_of_allegiance.html (520 words)

	News from Agape Press
		Republican Jim Ryan was concerned about proposed changes to the oath of allegiance drafted by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
		"What we're attempting to do with the oath of allegiance and with legal immigration is to continue to encourage those who are coming in that this is a great country and these are the standards that we've had in the past," Ryan explains.
		According to Ryan, HR 3191 -- which is working its way through the House Judiciary Committee -- would establish the oath of allegiance as federal law, giving it the same protection as the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem.
	headlines.agapepress.org /archive/5/32004g.asp (318 words)

	The Massacre of Glencoe
		Shortly after this, Campbell transmitted to Colin Campbell, sheriff-clerk of Argyle, who was then in Edinburgh, the certificate of Glencoe's oath on the same paper with other certificates, sending at the same time the letter which he had received from Hill.
		Campbell showed this paper with Hill's letter to several privy councillors, among whom was the Earl of Stair, all of whom were of the opinion that the certificate could not be received without a warrant from the king.
		When he heard two days after from Argyle, that Glencoe had not managed to take the oaths within the time prescribed, he expressed a joy which might be called fiendish, and set himself busily to take proper advantage of the opportunity." Delenda est Carthago.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/glencoe/glen2.html (773 words)

	The Oath of Office: A Historical Guide to Moral Leadership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In addition, this legislation specified that failure to comply with the oath constituted perjury and that violators would incur the associated penalties, thus formalizing the implied concept that officers are accountable for failing to live up to their oath.
		The officer’s oath mirrored the oath specified in statute 1, sec.
		This statute was the first post–World War II legislation on the oath, establishing the Uniform Code of Military Justice to unify, consolidate, revise, and codify the Articles of War, the Articles of Government of the Navy, and the Disciplinary Laws of the Coast Guard.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj02/win02/keskel.html (5840 words)

	The Oath
		As a result of one civil war in the outfit in 1983, when a faction was so divisive that the Chief was ready to leave, he gave us a choice, as the hay bale wore the feathers.
		The oath is simple, elegant, and direct, serving the historic purpose without overkill: "As God mote me, so shall I serve thee." The Chief renews his oath to serve the family.
		This reminds us of our allegiance, our mission, and our purpose, to learn and teach about our culture and time, from which this tradition is drawn.
	www.maccolin.com /bg/OATH.HTM (314 words)

	Victorians urged to be dinky-di, by oath - theage.com.au
		Victorians are being urged to proclaim their sense of national pride by reciting a "commitment" oath on Australia Day.
		The oath, which glorifies the values of being "brave, strong, open and tolerant", was conceived by the Victorian branch of the Australia Day Committee.
		The committee's chairman, Tony Beddison, said it was in response to a survey conducted late last year by health insurance fund Australian Unity, which indicated a surge in feelings of patriotism.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/01/15/1042520671755.html (501 words)

	Oaths of Allegiance Act
		(b) to take an oath of office in the form prescribed by the regulations for the faithful performance of the duties of that office, in any case in which the form of such oath is not prescribed by any other law.
		The oath of allegiance set out in section 2, together with the oath of office or oath for the due exercise of any profession or calling, shall be taken within the period and in the manner, and subject to the disabilities and penalties for the omission thereof, provided by law with respect to such oaths.
		All justices of the peace and other officers lawfully authorized either by virtue of their office or by special commission from the Crown may administer the oath of allegiance set out in section 2 or receive a solemn affirmation of allegiance.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/O-1/text.html (270 words)

	Making American's Swear - Republican Oath of Allegiance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Oaths of Allegiance are unconstitutional in West Virginia, despite it being a pro-Union Yankee abolitionist State (hijacked by a minority in Wheeling).
		No religious or political test oath shall be required as a prerequisite or qualification to vote, serve as a juror, sue, plead, appeal, or pursue any profession or employment.
		Allegiance is to the system outlined in the Constitution and laws, not to a single person.
	www.apfn.net /messageboard/08-17-08/discussion.cgi.8.html (1092 words)

	DHS To Reveal New Oath Of Allegiance - September 9, 2003
		The oath will lose archaic lines such as those requiring immigrants to renounce loyalty to "princes and potentates." The government will revise it in a way that will, as Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Eduardo Aguirre Jr.
		The oath is "being recrafted so it has more meaning to those who are raising their right hand and swearing" to it, Aguirre said.
		The new Oath of Allegiance obtained by CIS reads as follows: Solemnly, freely, and without any mental reservation, I hereby renounce under oath all allegiance to any foreign state.
	www.visalaw.com /03sep2/10sep203.html (519 words)

	Oath of Allegiance
		In excerpting from Anderson’s book the section concerning the Missouri Oath of Loyalty of 1865, there is always the danger the resulting piece may give an impression unintended by the author of the original work had he the opportunity to write on the Loyalty Oath solely instead of as part of a larger work.
		We have seen with what imperativeness General Halleck demanded an oath of allegiance of all officers of the State, county and city, without which they were not permitted to exercise their functions.
		Since most judges and subordinate officers of the courts were unable to subscribe to the oath of loyalty without perjury, the Convention was determined that court officials should be appointed that could.
	www.civilwarstlouis.com /History/OathofLoyalty.htm (1882 words)

	Rona Joyner condemns Politicians breaching Oath of Allegiance
		Section 34(ii) of the Constitution, in conjunction with the words of both the Oath and Affirmation as enshrined in the Schedule to the Constitution, clearly places an obligation on every Member of Parliament to be and to remain a loyal and faithful subject of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
		Every natural-born Australian is taken as being under the Oath of Allegiance (in the 1917 case of R v Sir Roger Casement), and every migrant when naturalized was required, under the Constitution, to take the Oath of Allegiance.
		Otherwise, their allegiance is no longer to Australia, nor to the people of Australia, but to some powerful foreign masters in the United Nations who demand illicit allegiance with threats of Treaties and International Law.
	www.angelfire.com /id/ronajoyner/ggfedpet.html (2425 words)

	Changing the Oaths of Allegiance amounts to republicanism by stealth - On Line Opinion - 22/6/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bill is being proposed by republican MPs who have all sworn allegiance to the Queen upon election to parliament and are only able to take their seats because of this Oath to the Queen.
		The Crown and the swearing of Oaths of Allegiance are there to remind MPs and Ministers elected by the people of NSW that they are given their authority by the Queen of Australia (the role played by the Crown in our Federal and State Constitutions).
		The Oath of Allegiance to the Queen is a promise of loyalty, honesty and integrity and a warning to those Ministers and MPs that they are personally liable and responsible for their actions under the Crown which cannot be bought or ever act politically.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=2307 (1139 words)

	Plan to revise Oath of Allegiance falters - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Federal officials have backed away from rewriting the Oath of Allegiance taken by new citizens, after criticism from Congress and veterans who say the new pledge places less emphasis on defending the Constitution.
		The proposed oath also dropped the pledge to "bear true faith and allegiance to" and "bear arms on behalf of" the Constitution and laws of the United States.
		"The Oath of Allegiance is a fundamental statement on the commitment of becoming a United States citizen.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20030916-103633-3702r.htm (613 words)

	CNN.com - Lawmakers blast Pledge ruling - June 27, 2002
		A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is an unconstitutional "endorsement of religion" because of the addition of the phrase "under God" in 1954 by Congress.
		A three-member panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to a lower court.
		Rather, the phrase 'one nation under God' in the context of the Pledge is normative," the court said in its decision.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/LAW/06/26/pledge.allegiance (1114 words)

	Pastwords: King James defends oath of allegiance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For what difference there is, betweene the commaunding Subjects to rebell and loosing them from their Oath of Allegiance as Puis Quintess did; & the commanding of Subjects not to obey in making profession of their Oath on theire dutiful Allegiance, as this Pope hath now done: no man can easily discern.
		Wherefore wee doe admonish you, that you doe uterly abstaine from taking this and the like Oathes: which thing we doe the more earnestly require of you, because we have experience of the Constancy of your Faith, which is tried like Gold on the fire of perpetuall Tribulation.
		For most certaine it is, that in whatsoever words the Oath is conceived by the adversaries of the faith in that Kingdome, it tends to this end, that the Authoritie of the head of the Church in England, may be transferred from the successour of S. Peter, to the Successour of K. Henry the eight.
	chi.gospelcom.net /pastwords/chl097.shtml (3419 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 1 - 20 August, 1919 - OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
		An Oath of Allegiance was administered to every existing Government in the world.
		At the next Convention they proposed to ask them as a standing army to swear allegiance to the Dáil, and it was but fair and just that all Members of the Dáil, and all officials of the Dáil, should likewise subscribe to an Oath of Allegiance.
		The taking of the Oath did not preclude one from serving on the Local Boards and doing his best to forward the interests of the country in such a capacity.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/DT/D.F.C.191908200012.html (1205 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)