And there's a whole plan in place for that minute between 12:00 -12:01, when the old president steps down & the new president is being sworn in. In case we are attacked when there is technically no president.
Exactly. Inauguration is nothing special. We don't even need to have that event for a President to hold office. They only need to take the oath Before executing the office. They could do that with some witnesses, the night before, and it would be perfectly valid.
Maybe you are right, technically, but consider this:
Trump had the national mall packed for his inauguration. There were millions of witnesses.
Biden held what was essentially a private inauguration where the only witnesses that weren't half a mile away on a rooftop were his own cadre. Can anyone credible really attest that Biden was properly inaugurated?
Trump's inauguration is unquestionably valid, Biden's has had questions since day 1.
The 20th Amendment specifically says the president's term ends and their successor's term begins at noon on Jan 20.
And there's a whole plan in place for that minute between 12:00 -12:01, when the old president steps down & the new president is being sworn in. In case we are attacked when there is technically no president.
Exactly. Inauguration is nothing special. We don't even need to have that event for a President to hold office. They only need to take the oath Before executing the office. They could do that with some witnesses, the night before, and it would be perfectly valid.
Maybe you are right, technically, but consider this:
Trump had the national mall packed for his inauguration. There were millions of witnesses.
Biden held what was essentially a private inauguration where the only witnesses that weren't half a mile away on a rooftop were his own cadre. Can anyone credible really attest that Biden was properly inaugurated?
Trump's inauguration is unquestionably valid, Biden's has had questions since day 1.
Technically is all that matters. The Constitution requires no ceremony, by design. So I find all of this moot and banal.
True, but we do do them. And this was a military funeral, I've been part of military funerals myself. It has meaning.