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Posted on November 25, 2008August 1, 2025

Time for another Constitutional amendment

Amendment XX to the U.S. Constitution changed the end of the President’s term of office from March 4 to January 20. Ratified in 1933, it recognized that times had changed, that a four-month presidential transition was no longer necessary, and that it exposed the U.S. to a dangerously long period of lame-duck governance. One has … Continue reading Time for another Constitutional amendment

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