Talk:Affirmation in law

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[edit] for the record

This article was started as a replacement for the relevant sections in the Affirmation article permanent link. See also the discussion there.
--NSH001 (talk) 01:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] United States Constitution

With a view to improving the citation of this article, I took a look at the wiki articles linked from this section. From a quick skim through, it appears that this section is slightly inaccurate. It states that the The final draft of the 1787 Constitution of the United States makes four references to an "oath or affirmation". I counted all the references in the 1787 constitution, and there are only three. The fourth is in Amendment IV of the Bill of Rights, not the 1787 final draft.

I'm not an expert on the US constitution (far from it!), and I would prefer to have a secondary source to cite this info to before making changes. Any suggestions?
--NSH001 (talk) 19:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)