The American Constitutionalist Episode 16 – August 31, 2020
This week’s American Constitutionalist Podcast wraps up the Constitution covering the 20th through the 27th Amendments dealing with elections and limitations of time in elected office. Constitutional expert Cliff DeCamp is joined by “Cousin” David Gibbs and Lonny Wilder. American Constitutionalist Chief Jeff Tokar leads the discussion.
20th Amendment
The Twentieth Amendment was passed in 1933. It changed the date that the president, vice president, and members of Congress start in January, and it says who becomes president if the president cannot start serving immediately. The goal of the amendment was to shorten the time an office holder was a lame duck.
22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
23rd Amendment
Congress passed the Twenty-Third Amendment on June 16, 1960. The Amendment allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors, who in turn vote in the Electoral College for President and Vice President.
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
25th Amendment
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.