Oath of Noble Obligation

The oath of Noble Obligation is a magically powered oath that will turn the affected politician blue if they break the oath of office. That is all it does. Break the public trust, turn blue, a nice Smurf blue.
Proponents point out the Eyrian Empire where this oath is mandatory, and it does a lot more than turn you blue, it outright kills. All they want is for the malfeasance to be obvious, not automatically kill the office holder.
In spite of the magical nature of the oath there is a lot of support massing behind this movement. People are tired of politics as usual. The fact that you can expect the politician to lie, cheat, and steal, and there is nothing you can do about it. Noble Obligation is some tit to go with the tat. A way for the people to get what they are voting for.
==Opposition==
Well, DUH! Politicians hate the idea of being responsible to what they promise. Political types have tried everything from outright forbidding magic to be used on them, to calling the oath un-American, and surrendering to the Eyrian Empire.
==Currently==
Some of these methods work of a while, none works for very long. President Luthor mandated it for his administration and it is working as intended. It will doubtless be a major talking point in the 2024 elections. 
Four states, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico have passed such a bill as well as hundreds of local districts.
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