I know this may sound silly but is it ground in stone that the inauguration must be in

[monmouth4]

January? I'd like to see a pre-formal swearing-in right after the election to avoid problems between November and January and then the formal swearing-in on the designated January date. I suppose it isn't doable but I would welcome something along those lines. I fear what trump could get up to.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. After 1933, yes. NT

[monmouth4]

5. Thank you...n/t

[Sneederbunk]

2. Be thankful. It used to occur in March.

[MaxFine]

3. The Twentieth Amendment moved Inauguration Day to January 20

[brooklynite]

4. Article XX, 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.”

[StarfishSaver]

6. It's in the Constitition

The 20th Amendment sets the end of the president's term at noon on January 20.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Until 1937 it was held on March 4...

After 1937 it has been held on Jan 20.

[beastie boy]

8. The inauguration is more or less written in stone. January 20. However,

once the votes are counted, a President-elect gets some important privileges right away. He, and the VP, and their transition teams, get the right to occupy physical space in the White House, They get the right to set up telecommunication networks from the White House, they get a security detail similar to that of the outgoing President and VP, and, most importantly, he gets access to classified information that is, I believe, equivalent to that of the outgoing President. He will be aware of all the shit that goes on, and Biden WILL read his daily briefings.

Some very powerful changes will happen right after the election. If nothing else, the President elect will be in the know immediately after he is elected, and he will get the hold of the "bully pulpit" much more powerful than the one he had prior to being elected.

[monmouth4]

9. Thank you so much, this does answer all of my thoughts and questions...n/t

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. The very fact that you didn't already know this is proof that our Consitution

simply isn't taught in school. Which is scary.

Heck, in 2010 Christine O'Donnell, running for the U.S. Senate, was totally surprised to learn that our Constitution had separation of Church and State.

[NutmegYankee]

13. +1 nt

[2naSalit]

14. And Caribou barbie didn't know what the VP does...

Even though she was on the ticket to become VP.

[wendyb-NC]

12. That would be the best thing ever.

Please some how let it be possible.