Sentence examples for executing the office from inspiring English sources

The Texas congressman said that if Mr. Obama persists in executing the office of the Presidency as defined by the Constitution, he could face "impeachment and/or deportation".

But on Tuesday, Obama said: "I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully".

Instead of swearing that he "will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States," Mr. Obama swore that he "will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully".

Instead of having Barack Obama "solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States," Chief Justice Roberts had him "solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully".

Arguably, he was violating his oath of office, in which he promised to "faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States".

According to the US Constitution, the president must solemnly swear "that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States".

Then there was an awkward pause after Chief Justice Roberts prompted Mr. Obama with these words: "That I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully".

Abandoning his strict constructionism, Roberts unilaterally amended the Constitution and had Obama "solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully".

Repeating after Roberts, the president tripped up on the word "states" in the line: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States".

The main problem was that the word "faithfully" had floated upstream in the constitutional text, which actually says this: "That I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States".

During the 2009 presidential inauguration, Chief Justice John Roberts, a famous stickler for grammar, could not bring himself to have Barack Obama "solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States".