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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe 20th Amendment is referred to as the "Lame Duck Amendment" because it shortened the amount of time between election and inauguration for elected officials, and eliminated the "lame duck session" of Congress. Because of the hardship of travel when the Constitution was written, officials who were elected in November didn't take office until the following March. Thus there was a four month period where "lame ducks" sat in office: officials whose successors had already been elected. Further, Congress was required to sit every December, thus every second year there was a "lame duck session" between December and March. The 20th Amendment moved the inauguration dates from March to January. It also removed the obligation for Congress to sit every December. Instead it obligated them to sit in January, after the newly elected officials took office. Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/amendment-xx-to-the-u-s-constitution
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∙ 9y agoThe lame duck amendment reduced the amount of time between election day and the beginning of the Congressional, Presidential and Vice Presidential term. It became the 20th amendment and was ratified in 1933.
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Nickname for 20th amendment?
Answer 1Commencement of Terms; Sessions of Congress; Death or disqualification of president- elect.Answer 2The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal officials. It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect. The Twentieth Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933.
What was the lame-duck period?
The period of which an elected official is in office after losing an election but before the new office holder is sworn in.
A sitting president who loses an election in November or is not eligible for re-election but remains in office until January is often called?
a Lame Duck. or A still-in-office-president.
Why was DC added in Washington DC?
Cause Yo Mama thought of it! OH DANG YOU JUST GOT DIST!
What is original name of jeans?
Claudia means lame inLatin and Jean means gift from god in Hebrew - HA! Lame - Gift From God! ;)
What nickname is for the 20th Amendment?
The Lame Duck Amendment.
What was the nickname for the twentieth amendment?
Answerlame duck
Nickname for the 20th amendment?
"Lame Duck" really it is
How is the lame duck period shortened by the 20th Amendment?
A lame duck is an elected official whose tenure is about to end. The 20th Amendment shortened the lame duck period by moving the beginning of the new Congress to January 3 and the presidential inauguration to January 20.
What was the purpose of the lame-duck amendment?
It shortened the period of transition between presidents
Why does the twenty-second amendment result in lame duck presidency?
The 22nd constitutional amendment is not a direct cause of Lame-duck presidents. A Lame-duck president will result anytime a new president is elected. The only real impact this amendment has on this occurance is that it guarantees that a lame-duck occurs every 8 years at the latest, as a president cannot be elected to a third term. Before this amendment it was traditional for a president not to seek a third term as President Washington eschewed a third term. Franklin Roosevelt was the only president to be elected to a third term, or a fourth term for that matter, the amendment was a reaction to the length of his presidency. Thus, before this amendment, lame-duck presidents were already occurring regularly and are not the result of this amendment. Hope that helps.
The Lame Duck amendment was created with which crisis in mind?
The 20th amendment or the "Lame Duck" Amendment was created so elected officials could take office sooner after their elections, thus eliminating the 4 month period where "Lame Ducks" whose successors had already been chosen, sat in office not doing much.
Nickname for 20th amendment?
Answer 1Commencement of Terms; Sessions of Congress; Death or disqualification of president- elect.Answer 2The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal officials. It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect. The Twentieth Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933.
What amendment to the constitution changed the date of the inauguration?
the 20th amendment changed the date of the inauguration from march 4 to January 20
What amendment states that on the third of every January at noon of every odd numbered year starts a new congress?
The 20th Amendment, often cited as the "Lame Duck Amendment."
Who is an outgoing elected official who lacks influenced?
lame duck
Why was the XX Amendment passed?
This amendment changed the date of the inauguration to an earlier date. The purpose was to eliminate the time a lame duck president would be able to stay in office.
