20th Amendment

Section 1. 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.
Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
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.
Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.
Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

The 20th Amendment contained six sections dealing with the terms of the president, vice president and other congressional leaders. Section 1 is saying that the presidential and vice presidential terms begin on January 20 and congressional terms begin on January 3rd. Section 3 and 4 deals with the presidential succession The amendment provides that the vice president elect shall become the president-elect and take office on January 20; the amendment also authorizes Congress to legislate on other matters of presidential succession.

In my opinion, I think the auto industry should receive the money for bailout from the government. However, if the government doesn't bail them out, then who would? The people already suffered from the economy and if the government doesn't bail them out then it would hurt us a lot more.

The cartoon depicted former president George W. Bush as a lame duck. The term lame duck referred to a president who already served two terms, therefore cannot be reelected. Usually their power is longer take effective by the end of their terms so they began spending on luxurious items. With that being said, Congress pass the Lame Duck Amendment in 1934 to have the president in office by January to avoid complications.

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