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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.

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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


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.


What did the 20th amendment say?

Essentially, what it did was it moved the inauguration date forward. It put a stop to "lame duck" sessions of Congress by advancing the dates for the President's inauguration to January 20 from March 4th.


Why is the Presidential inaugation held on January 20?

The President now takes oath of office on January 20th because of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who ratified the 20th Amendment (the "lame duck") it was to accomplish more while waiting in the wings during the intervening months of the peoples choice.January 20th.


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.