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20th Amendment
How the 20th Amendment made lame-duck sessions less lame
One of the most important, but least discussed, constitutional amendments made government more responsive by greatly shorting the…
Happy birthday, 20th and 24th Amendments
Today we celebrate the ratification of not one, but two constitutional amendments: the 20th Amendment (ratified January 23, 1933)…
Interactive Constitution: The Twentieth Amendment
Edward J. Larson and Jeff Shesol discuss the Twentieth Amendment, an important constitutional change that has never been the…
A historical first and last - FDR’s final inauguration
The Constitution now sets January 20th as inauguration day every four years, but it was 72 years ago today that a historical first…
What constitutional duties are placed on the President Elect?
On Friday afternoon, a joint session of Congress is expected to certify Donald Trump as the winner of the 2016 presidential…
