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The Constitution requires a newly elected President to be inaugurated by January 20th.

I think that "requires" is too strong a word, as the 20th amendment has provisions for inaugurating an "Acting President" if the President Elect "fails to qualify."

Amendment 20

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

The Constitution has a clear process for handling the case where a President is not decided in time for inauguration.

This is why I've been floating an idea that is based on the 20th amendment.

As long as we're dreaming, here is a possible Constitutional solution if the stolen election is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Mass calls for resignation of key Democrats in the House of Representatives. Special elections fill those seats with Republicans.
Democrat Senators who won in stolen swing states are hounded to resign. Governors appoint the actual winning candidate to the seats.
Congress invokes the 20th amendment and declares ex post facto that the President-Elect did not qualify, should not have been sworn into office, and declares the Presidency and Vice-Presidency vacant. This is not an ex post facto law, as it is already in the 20th amendment. The only question is arguing the legitimacy of declaring no statue of limitations on "failing to qualify" and of not letting criminals profit from their crimes (fruit of the poisonous tree).
Via the 20th amendment, Congress declares the actual winner (President Trump) to fill the vacancy as "Acting President" until the office can be filled by someone who qualifies.
Via the 20th amendment, Congress passes a law moving the Presidential election up to 2022, and that it will forever be on a new four-year schedule beginning in 2022. This will satisfy Presidential term limits, as Trump will fill less than half of Biden's illegitimate term and then get his own second term. He won't be penalized for losing part of his term because of Democrat criminality.
The asterisk in the history books explaining the change in the Presidential cycle will forever be a stain on the nation caused by Democrats, along with slavery, Jim Crow, Plessy v Ferguson, and opposition to the Civil Rights of 1964.

-PJ

“As long as we’re dreaming, here is a possible Constitutional solution if the stolen election is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Mass calls for resignation of key Democrats in the House of Representatives. Special elections fill those seats with Republicans.
Democrat Senators who won in stolen swing states are hounded to resign. Governors appoint the actual winning candidate to the seats.
Congress invokes the 20th amendment and declares ex post facto that the President-Elect did not qualify, should not have been sworn into office, and declares the Presidency and Vice-Presidency vacant. This is not an ex post facto law, as it is already in the 20th amendment. The only question is arguing the legitimacy of declaring no statue of limitations on “failing to qualify” and of not letting criminals profit from their crimes (fruit of the poisonous tree).
Via the 20th amendment, Congress declares the actual winner (President Trump) to fill the vacancy as “Acting President” until the office can be filled by someone who qualifies.
Via the 20th amendment, Congress passes a law moving the Presidential election up to 2022, and that it will forever be on a new four-year schedule beginning in 2022. This will satisfy Presidential term limits, as Trump will fill less than half of Biden’s illegitimate term and then get his own second term. He won’t be penalized for losing part of his term because of Democrat criminality.
The asterisk in the history books explaining the change in the Presidential cycle will forever be a stain on the nation caused by Democrats, along with slavery, Jim Crow, Plessy v Ferguson, and opposition to the Civil Rights of 1964.”

I think it’d a been a lot easier to have heeded Trump’s warnings that the Dems were working to steal the election, find out how and then prevent them from doing so. But too many Dems and R’s, including people in Trump’s circle, wanted him out so it was not to be. Plus there was the issue of the false prophets who said that they had talked to God and God was going to ensure Trump’s victory. Then there were those who said to not believe the polls, that Trump was going to win by such a margin, there’d be no way the Dems, assisted by the GOPe, could manufacture enough votes to steal the election. This was done, in my opinion, to lull us into a sense of complacency.