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Federal Judicial Oaths

In the United States, federal judges are required to take not just one, but two oaths. The first oath is this:

I, XXX XXX, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as XXX under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.

Upholding the spirit of "equal protection under the law."

There is no equivalent in the Nevada Judiciary, perhaps Nevada does not believe in the concept of "equal protection under the law."

The second oath that federal judges must take is this:

I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

Federal statute specifically says that the latter oath "does not affect other oaths required by law."

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