Guest Post from Professor Kurt Lash: (Former) President J.D. Vance
I am happy to pass along this fascinating guest post from Professor Kurt Lash:
Vice Presidents are generally considered a kind of president in waiting. In fact, a great many vice presidents have ascended to the presidency, including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Calvin Coolidge, Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden
. . . and J.D. Vance.
You may have missed it, but, in fact, J.D. Vance was, by law, our 47th President.
If only briefly. If you watched the Inauguration Ceremonies, you might have noticed an odd moment of rush and confusion between J.D. Vance saying his oath of office and Donald Trump then saying his presidential oath. During those brief moments, J.D. Vance was commander in chief of the armed forces and chief executive of the United States.
Let me explain. J.D. Vance took his oath of office just as the clock was striking 12:00pm. (you can see this on the C-Span feed)According to the Twentieth Amendment, “The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.” This occurred because the ceremony had gone overtime, likely due to a certain politicians deciding to give an elongated comments (for what reason,
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