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    Mr. Justice, Have It in Writing

    Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:22 PM | By Emily Yoffe
    Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.I had a bad feeling when I saw Chief Justice John Roberts was not reading the oath but was going to show off that he had memorized it—it's like the waiter who won't write down your order, then brings you steak instead of duck. The chief justice misplaced his faithfully, and you could see Obama looking at him wondering whether he should correct the oath or repeat the mistake. Well, it doesn't matter. As CNN helpfully pointed out, even though the inaugural was running late, Obama became president at noon anyway, oath or no oath. I have the feeling that for the rest of his life Roberts will awake from a recurring nightmare in which he says, "Repeat after me: I, Saddam Hussein Obama do solemnly ..."
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