What an incoming president swears on, whether it is a Bible, a historical document or nothing at all ... He added that the Constitution allows an incoming president to either swear or attest. The U.S.

That recalls Barack Obama, who also used the Lincoln Bible during his first swearing-in in 2009. During his second in 2014, he paired it with a Bible that had belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther ...

Others suggested it was unintentional. The Onion satire site even joked that a “confused Trump” autographed the swearing-in Bible before handing it back to Supreme Court Chief Justice John ...

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office in January. Is that a requirement?

Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court ...

A select number of presidents have not sworn on the Bible, which was more common in earlier chapters of American history when specific rules and traditions weren’t as entrenched as they are today.

President-elect Donald Trump will use two Bibles to culminate the 60th Presidential Inauguration. He is not the first to do ...

What an incoming president swears on, whether it is a Bible, a historical document or ... allows an incoming president to either swear or attest. The U.S.' founding fathers “left it open to ...

Why was Trump permitted to take the Oath without placing his hand on the Bible?” — Sue Wilson, Wallington, N.J. Hi Sue, Presidents don’t have to swear with their hand on a Bible when they ...