Constitution specifies non on the 20th of January as the end of a president’s term. Midnight on 20th would be invalid.
That’s correct. The new president is sworn in at Noon so there is continuity. Except Obama, where we didn’t have a president for a couple of hours or something. That was because the first time they used a Bible, which Obama wouldn’t swear on, so they had a photo op, pretended Roberts didn’t say his part right (sure), and then swore Obama in using a Koran, which he was happy to swear on.
Agree