How many times does he have to take the Oath of Office anyway? Yesterday ( Read more... )

It's 1 p.m. Eastern time on January 13.

The Constitution (Amendment XX) says the new President and Vice President take office at noon (presumably Washington time, i.e. Eastern time) on January 20.

Via Resource Shelf: this is the official website for the Inauguration from the people in charge of it, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm

One thing that I thought people might want to at least fantasize about:#
Want to Participate? Requests to participate in Inauguration day events for ( Read more... )

Avedon points out that Obama isn't President yet.

You can do a spreadsheet to count the number of days until the Inauguration. (I could e-mail an attachment in Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 to anyone who wants a copy of mine.)

The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says: Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President ( Read more... )