Biden Swearing-In Early

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24. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is 2nd in line to the presidency.First in line is the VP

If anything happens to both the president and vice president (i.e. death) the Speaker of the House (in this case Nancy Pelosi) becomes President. This is in the US Constitution. It is so the office will not fall vacant.

There is no provision in the Constitution for someone to refuse to leave office when their term is up. Trump, who by the way is crazy, thinks he can make everything stop by having a tantrum and telling his cultists to riot. He can’t. His term in office ENDS at noon January 20.

His term ends that day and hour despite all the shenanigans that he or his *hole Senators & Congressmen may decide to pull. It ends whether or not there are riots in Washington. It ends whether or not he starts a war. IT ENDS. The mad king can barricade himself behind the Resolute Desk and he will still CEASE to be president.

And if for any reason the Trumpists manage to screw things up to the point the duly-elected Biden can’t in fact be sworn in at that moment, the Speaker of the House AUTOMATICALLY steps in.

If I have gotten any of the details wrong, Starfish, Gothmog, Msanthrope or one of our other DU lawyers will step up and clarify.