How can a judge even take the bench without taking the oath first?
All aspects are not known, but states have been monkeying with oath details, requirements, and enforcement (or lack thereof) since 1989. Typically, a signed and notarized oath is required to be submitted and on file to be “properly executed”, especially where a bond is required (issued by insurance to cover public official malfeasance). I suspect that they rolled back bond requirements via fuckery, and then just failed to enforce oaths.
Note that removal of oaths is a KEY tenet of the Communist Manifesto (bullet point #7?).
All aspects are not known, but states have been monkeying with oath details, requirements, and enforcement (or lack thereof) since 1989. Typically, a signed and notarized oath is required to be submitted and on file to be “properly executed”, especially where a bond is required (issued by insurance to cover public official malfeasance). I suspect that they rolled back bond requirements via fuckery, and then just failed to enforce oaths.
Note that removal of oaths is a KEY tenet of the Communist Manifesto (bullet point #7?).