Dear editor:

The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to Jan. 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to Jan. 3. It was adopted on Jan. 23, 1933.

Hallelujah! But I think it needs to be updated again!

Due to the speed of travel, the internet, all things modern, perhaps they need to move the new term of president, etc., to a week after the election.

Per wikipedia.org:

“The long lame-duck period might have been a practical necessity at the end of the 18th century, when any newly elected official might require several months to put his affairs in order and then undertake an arduous journey from his home to the national capital, but it eventually had the effect of impeding the functioning of government in the modern age. From the early 19th century, it also meant a lame-duck Congress and presidential administration would fail to adequately respond to a significant national crisis in a timely manner. Each institution could do this on the theory that, at best, a lame-duck Congress or administration had neither the time nor the mandate to tackle problems, whereas the incoming administration or Congress would have both the time and a fresh electoral mandate, to examine and address the problems the nation faced. These problems very likely would have been at the center of the debate of the just-completed election cycle.”

In some companies today, when someone is laid off/fired, that person is escorted out of the office that DAY to make sure things go properly and they can’t undermine the company. Maybe they have something in this idea!

Toby Sheets

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