Inauguration Day? What date? Vanity

[Honest Nigerian]

When did Inauguration Day change to Jan 20? I remembered something about Lincoln and checked. He was inaugurated on March 4th. Both times. So much of history i unknown and has become a mystery.

[ChronicMA]

FDR was both the last March 4th and the first January 20th.

[rdl6989]

20th amendment

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Twentieth Amendment — 1933

[madison10]

FDR, 1937, addition of 20th amendment. Historically does not happen if on a Sunday

[conservativeimage]

Jan 20 new INDEPENDENCE DAY?

[Fai Mao]

Biden has said he wants to televise the inauguration but to do it indoors with just a few people because of COVID.

If that is the case 10 million Trump supporters should assemble on the Washington Mall in protest. There should lots of Pussy hats, Handmaiden tale costumes, and everybody should have a gun in their hand.

[iontheball]

A Presidential declared national emergency and invocation of the Insurrection Act ought to suspend the process until the insurrection is put down.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Since COVID-19 was the rationale for changing the voting process in so many places before the people could decide on the process, COVID-19 should also be the rationale for putting a hold on the transition of power until all and only legal votes are counted, and any perpetrators of vote fraud are brought to justice.

[1_Rain_Drop]

March 4th is my FAVORITE day.
It’s an order.
March forth.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Your homework assignment is to memorize all of the amendments and get back to us

[Bellagio]

The Constitution ONLY sets the END of the current POTUS term... it is silent on when the next POTUS term begins.

In other words, challenges can continue with a unchallenged qualified VP-elect standing in as POTUS. Or if the presumptive VP-elect is being challenged, then the house may elect a temporary POTUS to fill in until a POTUS is constitutionally elected.

It is also important to note that the Inauguration Day, swearing in of the POTUS for a new term, is also set by federal statute and can be ignored. There is no constitutional deadline for administering the oath to the next POTUS.

All spelled out in the 20th Amendment.

[ready2brd]

You do realize that the VP-elect is tied to the new administration. In your scenario, we wind up with pro-tem President Pelosi. Is that really your goal?

[Slyfox]

[Lurking Libertarian]

The Constitution ONLY sets the END of the current POTUS term... it is silent on when the next POTUS term begins.

Not so.

The 20th Amendment: "The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."

[Bellagio]

It is not MY scenario... it is the constitutions scenario. The process follows the 12th and 20th Amendment.

And yeah, right... pro-term President Pelosi is my goal. Golly-gee You ratted me out, I surrender.

[mquinn]

> “All spelled out in the 20th Amendment.”

A shame you didn’t actually read it, particularly the

“...and the terms of their successors shall then begin.”

part.

[Bellagio]

Good grief. This isn't rocket science.

But my bad in making a confusing statement...

What I meant was, when in the course of a continued contested (presumptive) president-elect, the amendment does not provide for a hard-date that requires an oath must be administered to a PHYSICAL BODY(the office occupant) to assume the office in order to satisfy the beginning of a new term of succession.

"... and the terms of their successors shall then begin."

It means that the new office-terms shall begin to count down for their legitimate successors. It is another matter for whomever those successor(s) might be, and when they have been deemed constitutionally elected and sworn in to continue the term. But the 'office' term starts counting down on Jan 20th. It is no different then that of a Senator who dies in the middle of a term. A successor must then be chosen. You're going to get some gaps when dealing between House and Senate members fulfilling the term of office. It is the office that has the term limit impose upon it, not the elected official.

Yes, there is an constitutionally explicit hard-date that end the current term. And a provision that defines term succession but IS NOT imposed upon the occupant (or soon to be occupant) of that office. There is no hard-date when the administration of the oath is required, only that a term ends and one begins. And if there is no president elect yet resolved to occupy that term and office... then there are placeholders authorized to temporarily occupy the office of the president(its term) until a constitutionally elected POTUS(occupant) is decided upon, constitutionally chosen.

Again, my comment refers to the administration of the oath of office(to its occupant) which is not provided for as a hard-date. Contesting/recognizing a presumptive elected officials to assume an office and its term happens all the time in state government and their municipalities. And from time to time with US House, Senate seats and appointments.

[Bellagio]

Its a shame you read it but failed to comprehend it.

Read #18 I just posted... genius.

[mquinn]

Careful you don’t fall down doing such a furious backpedal.