Lame-Duck Lawmaking & the 20th Amendment

What is the origin of the term “lame-duck?” Edward J. Larson, Professor and Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University gives a history of the 20th Amendment and discusses how lame-duck lawmaking has been part of our nation's history.

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Related Links:

The Constitutionality of Lame-Duck Lawmaking: The Text, History, Intent, and Original Meaning of the Twentieth Amendment
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Lame Duck Logic
http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issu...

Right Seeks to Kill the Lame-Duck
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/294...

A history of lame duck sessions. And complaining about lame duck sessions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...

The 20th Amendment’s Rush to Inauguration
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