United States Constitutional Amendments
20th Amendment
Section 1
The
terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the
20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at
noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would
have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their
successors shall then begin.
Section 2
The Congress shall
assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at
noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a
different day.
Section 3
If, at the time fixed for the
beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have
died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President
shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of
his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then
the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall
have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein
neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have
qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in
which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act
accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Section 4
The
Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the
persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President
whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the
case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a
Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon
them.
Section 5
Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.
Section 6
This
article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of
the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.
21st Amendment
Section 1
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2
The
transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession
of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3
This
article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as
provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the
submission hereof to the States by the Congress.