See RitaOK post:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3912082/posts?page=1174#1174
“Mark Serrano, with a Trump organization, is discussed a White Paper is produced.
White Paper will allege that The Constitution of the US names but One date and no other bench mark dates precede the Constitution, for entry to the office of the POTUS.
* THAT DATE IS JANUARY 20. *
These other benchmark dates, Dec.8 and Dec 14, came by a 1948 FEDERAL STATUTE, and statutes will NOT precede The US CONSTITUTION, particularly in the event of a Contested election of this magnitude,for the office of the Presidency.”
* THAT DATE IS JANUARY 20. *
Perhaps the white paper writer should read the constitution first ie 20th amendment...
Before the enactement of the 20th Amendment in 1933, the new president was not sworn until the March following the election. This long delay caused problems. In the "secession winter" after the election of Abraham Lincoln, President James Buchanan watched as secessionists seized federal forts and arsenals. By March 1861, when Lincoln finally took office, the Civil War was nearly lost before it even began. Seven decades later, in the middle of the Great Depression, the lame duck period of president Herbert Hoover seemed far too long. Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt barely communicated and the country waited for decisive action from its newly chosen leader. In response, the 20th Amendment was proposed and adopted.
The 20th Amendment moves the date of inauguration from March to "noon on the 20th day of January." Under the Constitution, the old president continues to hold full power through 11:59:59, and then power shifts at noon. Article II, Section 1 requires that the new president, before executing any duties, take a prescribed oath or affirmation. To avoid a constitutional power vacuum, the Inauguration Day program is certain to schedule the swearing in for as close as possible to noon. The Chief Justice of the United States typically administers the oath, although the Constitution does not require that the oath be performed by the Chief Justice.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/PROJECTS/FTRIALS/CONLAW/inaugurationconstit.html