Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

Although it's done so often it seems like rule, is there a requirement to use a Bible during a swearing-in ceremony?

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Holy Bible Monday as he was swearing into office for a second time, multiple clips of his inauguration show. Trump was sworn in by US Supreme Court ...

Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

All the Constitution requires is that the President-elect, in this case Trump, must take the oath of office and recite the specific words. The rest is up to those participating in the ceremony. Who ...

(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the Bibles brought to the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda ...

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

The inaugural committee announced in a statement last Friday that the Bibles in the ceremony included the one used by former President Abraham Lincoln to take his oath of office in 1861 on the eve of ...

During his 2017 inauguration, Trump placed his hand on a family Bible stacked atop Lincoln's while taking the oath. While reciting the presidential oath of office is mandated by the Constitution, ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do ...

President Donald Trump took his oath of office on his inauguration, becoming the 47th president of the United States. However, some on social media have wondered if Trump failed to correctly take his ...

must take the oath of office and recite the specific words. The rest is up to those participating in the ceremony. Who didn’t use a Bible? John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book.