[Magdalen] Congressional Inaugural "Sick-out".

[Scott Knitter]

One thing I've recently (re-)learned: the president-elect becomes the
president at noon on Jan. 20, whether the oath is being taken at that
moment or not. The Constitution (in an amendment) makes the clock do
the work, not the chief justice and president-elect.

Someone figured out that Bill Clinton is the person who has been U.S.
president the longest...eight years and five seconds. He never handed
over powers to the VP during surgery or anything, and he gained five
seconds due to adjustments of the atomic clock to correct it to the
earth's rotation ("leap seconds"). I think Obama is close but didn't
get as many leap seconds during his term, or something. Reagan and GWB
lost time while under anesthesia.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having lunch with a friend tomorrow, and we've decided we'll just have a moment of silent prayer at noon.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA