[Red Steel]

No it is not. It’s for more than a dead president-elect. And there is no time limit for the 20th Amendment to be placed in effect.

[jamese777]

No it is not. It’s for more than a dead president-elect. And there is no time limit for the 20th Amendment to be placed in effect.

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Have you heard ANY of the 535 members of Congress advocate for using it in this instance?

[GregNH]

Section 3. 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.

It seems to me that there is in fact a time limit. I believe that the phrase "shall have failed to qualify" is a reference to the joint session of congress where objections are heard in the confirming of the electoral ballots. There is no other opportunity to verify "qualifications" of a "President elect" in the process. And james, I see no reason for Congress to invoke the 20th amendment at this point because it would be an admission that they failed in their duties on the 8th of January. I do not know how we get Congress to act against itself.

The question is at present, is he the President,(I think he is) and how could he be removed?(Impeachment in January of 2011)