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The article discusses the leaked documents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIPP), the agreements that may come before the U.S. Congress that would exempt foreign corporations from the U.S. laws and regulations. It explores the potential impacts of the TPP and TTIPP agreements on the U.S. Constitution, suggesting that support for the trade agreements by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives would mean breaking thir oaths.

Several excerpts of state oaths of office across the U.S. are presented including Pennsylvania, Utah, and California.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the December 2, 2013 issue including "Panel suggests 24-hour on-base gym access," "Academy oath," and "DoD seeks plan to shut all U.S. commissaries.

The article focuses on the legal definition of a sheriff's oath of office. It mentions a National Sheriff's Association national survey showing that 47 U.S. states have an Office of Sheriff except Alaska, Hawaii and Connecticut. It explains that the Office of Sheriff is regarded as the chief county law enforcement official with special powers and duties. Moreover, a sheriff must always perform his duties in accordance with the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of participating in a swearing-in ceremony of those lawyers who passed the Colorado bar exam.

The article announces that the Lawyers Conference of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association will sponsor its members to take part in the swearing-in ceremony of being admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In this article, the author offers information on the significance and advantages of clerkships for law students studying in law schools of the U.S. She informs about her clerkship experiences, where she worked in Justice Eric Rosen's chambers with the senior research attorney Jonathan Paretsky and later worked as law clerk at the Woner, Glenn, Reeder, & Girard P.A. She mentions that she learned about the Kansas sentencing guidelines, corporate swearing-in and banking and financing law.

The article focuses on the fitting tribute to the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) who celebrates his 84th birthday on January 15 and national holiday on January 21, 2013, which also the presidential inauguration of the U.S. President Barack Obama for his second term in office. It says that the 2013 King holiday represents undeniable distinction to the swearing in of President Obama. It states that it is the seventh time in the U.S. history that the inauguration date fall on a Sunday.

In the article, the author discusses the political developments in the U.S. He focuses on the importance of the symbolism of the presidential oath of office in the country. He claims that U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will privately swear in re-elected President Barack Obama a day before the public oath taking ceremony. He reminisces on the inauguration of the first U.S. President George Washington on April 30, 1789.

The article reports that the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin was invited to witness the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama in the U.S. The Oneida Nation Veterans have confirmed their inclusion in the Inauguration Parade that will take place shortly after Obama takes his oath of office. Oneida Veterans Affairs Director Kerry Metoxen said they got their confirmation and then sought to select a few of the younger people in case event might have to be done under trying weather conditions.