First inauguration for Chief Justice John Roberts as chief justice

 
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press Writer
Published: January 20, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled slightly over the 35-word constitutionally prescribed oath of office as he swore in Barack Obama as the 44th president on Tuesday, sending the new chief executive into a verbal detour of his own.

"Are you prepared to take the oath, senator?" Roberts asked Obama, who was holding the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used the day he became president in 1861.

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