Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution

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Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution is the provision that mandates all federal and state officials be bound by oath to support the Constitution while prohibiting any religious test as a qualification for public office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo executive officers of the United States ⓘ
executive officers of the several states ⓘ
federal officials of the United States ⓘ
judicial officers of the United States ⓘ
judicial officers of the several states ⓘ
members of state legislatures ⓘ
state officials of the United States ⓘ
bindingOn executive branch of the United States ⓘ
judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
state governments of the United States ⓘ
cameIntoEffect 1789 ⓘ
citationForm U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 3 ⓘ
constitutionalTheme federal supremacy ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateRatified 1788 ⓘ
enforcedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
federal courts of the United States ⓘ
establishesPrinciple duty of officials to support the Constitution ⓘ
no religious test for public office ⓘ
historicalContext Framing of the United States Constitution ⓘ
influencedBy concerns about religious tests in England and the colonies ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem United States federal law ⓘ
locatedInDocument Article VI ⓘ
partOf Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits religious test as a qualification for any office or public trust under the United States ⓘ
religious test for federal office ⓘ
religious test for public trust under the United States ⓘ
purpose to ensure loyalty to the Constitution over other allegiances ⓘ
to prevent religious discrimination in eligibility for federal office ⓘ
relatedTo First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Supremacy Clause ⓘ
requires oath or affirmation to support the Constitution ⓘ
that all federal and state officials be bound by oath or affirmation ⓘ
sectionNumber Clause 3 ⓘ
subjectMatter oaths of office ⓘ
religious tests for office ⓘ
textIncludes "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution" ⓘ
"no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States" ⓘ

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No Religious Test Clause → locatedInDocument → Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ