Presidential Transition of Power

    What is actually in the Constitution about the transition of power? What laws, if any, are the President and President-elect bound to abide by in the process? 

    Air Date: December 7, 2020 9:00 am
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    Clouds form over the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    The transition from one president to another has always been unobstructed and peaceful; but in 2020 that was not a given. What is actually in the Constitution about the transition of power? What laws, if any, are the President and President-elect bound to abide by in the process? 

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