The Oath and the office

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Brettschneider, Corey Lang, author.
Title: The oath and the office : a guide to the Constitution for future
presidents / Corey Brettschneider.
Description: First edition. | New York : W.W. Norton & Company,
2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018016664 | ISBN 9780393652130 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Presidents—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States. |
Executive power—United States. | Constitutional law—United States.
Classification: LCC KF5051 .B74 2018 | DDC 342.73/0628—dc23 LC
record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018016664

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