The Constitutional Council shall publicly swear into service all elected officers of the US Government and all Presidential appointees.
Remarks
An important perspective of the Constitutional Council is that it is the public's guardian of the US Constitution. Accordingly, it is to the Constitutional Council that all elected officials swear their pledge to uphold, defend, and abide by the Constitution. For Presidential appointees it is most appropriate that these swearing-in ceremonies take place at The Capitol in Washington DC. For state Representatives and Senators it is most appropriate that these swearing-in ceremonies take place at the capitol of their respective states, and not in Washington DC.
Having the swearing in of elected officials conducted in this prescribed manner stresses, in an important public manner, the connection between the election process, maintained, overseen and safeguarded by the Constitutional Council, and the importance of the Presidential appointee and the elected politician respecting the Constitution and the fact that he draws his power from the people who elected him and not from his or her winsomeness, money, popularity, or celebrity status. It is also intended to serve as a direct reminder to the Presidential appointee and the elected politician that he is going to be answerable to the Constitutional Council, serving as the guardian of the people’s charter for the US Government, the US Constitution.
For the first class of Constitutional Councilors, it would seem best that each is sworn into his office by the governor of his state. From then on, all elected and appointed officers should be sworn into his office, according to the above paragraph, by the Councilors so as to underscore where the Legislators’ responsibilities lie.
