Talk:Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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If one deletes the actual text, they should take care to summarize its details.
- One could do a lot by just mentioning why the amendment was passed. --134.198.82.72 20:21, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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- I took a crack at it - explaining why the 4-month lapse from election to beginning of term was necessary in the beginning but an impediment in the industrial age. More is needed. Ellsworth 20:43, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Anyone know why they still left a 2-month period between election and innauguration? Nik42 09:34, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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- The 20th Amendment itself doesn't set the 2-month period. The date of Election Day is set by statute, and Congress could move the date later if it wanted. But generally speaking, I suspect the reason there is now a 2-month gap is to allow the Electoral College time to meet, and to allow time to resolve disputed elections (e.g., the 2000 election). — Mateo SA (talk | contribs) 18:07, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Just curious about "3rd"...
Can someone find some historical reason why it is wrote "3d" instead of "3rd", or is it just some seriously mistaken typo? -- Aerno 01:47, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
As no one has yet responded to your comment, Im goint to go ahead and change it to "3rd". If anyone disagrees or thinks the word "third" is more appropriate, post it here and then make the change. --70.113.79.34 22:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Never mind. As soon as I was about to edit it I saw this message by every 3rd on the edit page: "!-- '3rd' is the spelling used in the original amend. text; please do not "correct" it to read '3rd'--." I havn't read the original text, but if someone has could you please verify this? --70.113.79.34 22:52, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
was there a different line of succession prior to this? If the president died before inaugaration prior to this would the vice president not automatically have been next in line prior many dont know of very many supreme court cases!
