Judicial Pledge

Judicial Candidate’s Pledge

1. I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, to the sovereign Republic established thereby, and to the just and equitable Rule of Law thereunder.  I affirm for the People all the liberties guaranteed therein; for the People and the States, all the powers reserved thereby; and for the Federal Government, all the limitations guaranteed therein.
2. I admit and affirm that the powers of the office I am seeking, and of the court in which that office resides, are strictly limited to those authorized by the Constitution or Charter that established the office.*
3. I pledge that if I am elected or appointed, I will not act outside the limited powers of the office, even if the Legislative or Executive branches, or the people themselves, or any interest, whether foreign or domestic, should insist that I can or should do so.  I will follow the Rule of Law, and not the rule of popular opinion.  I will neither legislate from the bench nor defer to precedent when I know or believe such precedent to different from the plain meaning of the law.
4. I pledge to make the fullest lawful use of the “checks and balances” powers of the office I am seeking, as set forth in the governing Constitution or Charter, in order to see to it that the rest of the government is also held strictly accountable to the Rule of Law.  I will do all within my lawful powers to ensure that official misconduct in office is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and that the liberties guaranteed to the States or to the People by the US Constitution are retained in all cases. I will always rule against any governmental entity or act that exceeds the powers authorized to that government in the document that established it.
5. I affirm that I have read the U.S. Constitution at least once in its entirety in the last year.   If the office I am seeking is in State government, I affirm that I have also read my State’s Constitution at least once in its entirety in the last year, as well as the U.S. Constitution.  If the office I am seeking is in the county or city government, I pledge that I have read the Charter of that government at least once in its entirety in the last year, as well as the U.S. Constitution and my State’s Constitution.

*(For any justice or judge  of the Federal Government, this would be the Constitution of the United States.  For any justice or judge of a state, it would be  the State’s own Constitution.  For any judge  of a county, parish, city, town, or township, the founding charter is the generally called a charter.)

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