Ask Civics 101: Inauguration Day

The Constitution makes it clear that the four-year presidential term begins and ends at noon on January 20th. The time, date, and the words of the presidential oath are committed to ink in the law of the land, but the rest of it- the pomp and circumstance, the parade, the balls, and crowds? Yeah, we invented the rest of it.

Journalist and media consultant Brenna Williams takes us through the day that the incumbent or the President-elect becomes the leader of the free world.

 

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