* 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
I think they meant that there were no dates other than Jan 20th, i.e. the contestations could run right up to before that day.
Thanks for that reference.
I expect the Democrats will want to argue that.
However, wondering if this presumes a valid election, paper ballots and no clairvoyance of the coming tech computer-rigging Age?
Serrano did mention the context of a contested election, but in no great detail. I don’t recall how he addressed a remedy.