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Twentieth Amendment (view source)
Revision as of 15:47, February 23, 2008
, 15:47, February 23, 2008{{US amendments}}
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 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.
Pursuant to Section 3 of this amendment, Congress enacted the Presidential Succession Act of 1948 to address the situation if both the president-elect and vice president-elect fail to qualify on or before the time fixed for the beginning of the new term.
Pursuant to Section 3 of this amendment, Congress enacted the Presidential Succession Act of 1948 to address the situation if both the president-elect and vice president-elect fail to qualify on or before the time fixed for the beginning of the new term.
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[[Category: Constitution]]