Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The amendment XX, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, contains some details concerning the presidential succession and the regulation of commencement and termination of the term of office of elected federal organs. It is also called the Lame Duck Amendment ( Lame Duck Amendment ).
The First Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933, but according to section 5 of the inauguration of the new President (Franklin D. Roosevelt ) not yet applied in 1933.
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The purpose of this Amendment, was shortening the time between the election of the President and Congress and the beginning of their terms of office. Under the original Constitution, these began their work on March 4, four months after the election. This break was still necessary in the 19th century to allow the newly elected official or elected officials to get their affairs in order and from their place of residence in the capital Washington DC to travel. In the 20th century, the time required, however, had significantly reduced.
Moreover, due to the original scheme, the Congress had to hold a meeting in December of each year. This resulted in election years to a " lame- duck" meetings (" lame duck " ), was at the usually very little decided.
Coincidentally, although the elected but not yet sworn in President Franklin D. Roosevelt was only three weeks after the ratification of this Amendment, target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara, the Mayor Anton Cermak of accompanying him fell victim. Had this attack Roosevelt claimed the lives of Section 3 would have been applied.
The first inauguration in Section 1 of this Amendment, was that of Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner on January 20, 1937.
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