Who is 'designated survivor' at inauguration? (Congress, legal, attorney, CNN)

[peequi]

Lots of conversation going around, mainly out of curiosity, about line of succession during transfer of power.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIG4dduqy0

[katie45]

Originally Posted by peequi

Lots of conversation going around, mainly out of curiosity, about line of succession during transfer of power.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIG4dduqy0

Beyond disgusting! CNN sinks even lower as each hour passes.

If the same item was aired when Obama was to be inaugurated there would have been such a loud cry of protest and claims of racism you'd hear it all the way clear into outer space.

[tipsywicket]

Won't happen. Trump will be sworn in privately at 12:01 am Friday, January 20, 2017. Just like Obama was in 2008 and 2012 because of the fear of an assassination attempt. Probably been happening for most President-Elects. The public inauguration is merely for spectacle. CNN probably knows this...by why report the news if you can gin up the assassination fantasies of a few left wing lunatics if you can.

[peequi]

Originally Posted by tipsywicket

Won't happen. Trump will be sworn in privately at 12:01 am Friday, January 20, 2017. Just like Obama was in 2008 and 2012 because of the fear of an assassination attempt. Probably been happening for most President-Elects. The public inauguration is merely for spectacle. CNN probably knows this...by why report the news if you can gin up the assassination fantasies of a few left wing lunatics if you can.

I was not aware that an official sworn in happens, makes sense.

[chadgates]

Now I am certainly no fan of the Clinton News Network, but could this possibly (and I'm just spit balling here) have anything to do with the fact that one of the most popular T.V. shows of this past fall was in fact called Designated Survivor and centered on this exact hypothetical scenario?

[texan2yankee]

CNN's story seems to be soliciting an assignation attempt on Trump's life to me. The so called news has become repugnant to sane people and dangerous to our country.

[mcwick]

Or maybe people were just curious what the process is? I remember back when Obama was elected the first time wondering about this same scenario. At that time, my high school government class had been ten years previous and I didn't recall what the procedure was. I think it's natural curiosity.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by chadgates

Now I am certainly no fan of the Clinton News Network, but could this possibly (and I'm just spit balling here) have anything to do with the fact that one of the most popular T.V. shows of this past fall was in fact called Designated Survivor and centered on this exact hypothetical scenario?

NO, it actually has to do with the fact that CNN always tells the public who the designated survivor is.

There is a list

February 18, 1981 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress[5] Terrel Bell Secretary of Education [6]
January 26, 1982 State of the Union Unknown
January 25, 1983 State of the Union Unknown
January 25, 1984 State of the Union Samuel Pierce Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [4][7][8][9]
January 21, 1985 Presidential Inauguration Margaret Heckler Secretary of Health and Human Services [10]
February 6, 1985 State of the Union Malcolm Baldrige Secretary of Commerce [4][7][9][11]
February 4, 1986 State of the Union John Block Secretary of Agriculture [4][7][9][12]
January 27, 1987 State of the Union Richard Lyng Secretary of Agriculture [4][7][9][13]
January 25, 1988 State of the Union Donald Hodel Secretary of the Interior [4][6][7][9]
January 20, 1989 Presidential Inauguration Unknown
February 9, 1989 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress[5] Lauro Cavazos Secretary of Education [citation needed]
January 31, 1990 State of the Union Edward J. Derwinski Secretary of Veterans Affairs [4][7][9][14]
September 11, 1990 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress
(Gulf War Speech—text) Unknown
January 29, 1991 State of the Union Manuel Lujan Secretary of the Interior [4][7][9][15]
January 28, 1992 State of the Union Ed Madigan Secretary of Agriculture [4][7][9]
February 17, 1993 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress[5] Bruce Babbitt Secretary of the Interior [4][7][9]
January 25, 1994 State of the Union Mike Espy Secretary of Agriculture [4][7][9]
January 24, 1995 State of the Union Federico Peña Secretary of Transportation [4][7][9]
January 23, 1996 State of the Union Donna Shalala Secretary of Health and Human Services [4][7][9][16]
February 4, 1997 State of the Union Dan Glickman Secretary of Agriculture [4][7][9][17]
January 27, 1998 State of the Union William Daley Secretary of Commerce [4][7][9]
January 19, 1999 State of the Union Andrew Cuomo Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [4][7][9][18]
January 27, 2000 State of the Union Bill Richardson Secretary of Energy [4][7][9][19]
February 27, 2001 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress[5] Anthony Principi Secretary of Veterans Affairs [4][7][9]
September 20, 2001 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress
(following the September 11 attacks) Dick Cheney Vice President [4][20]
Tommy Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services
January 29, 2002 State of the Union Gale Norton Secretary of the Interior [7][9][21]
January 28, 2003 State of the Union John ******** Attorney General [4][7][9][22]
Norman Mineta Secretary of Transportation
January 20, 2004 State of the Union Donald Evans Secretary of Commerce [4][7][9][23]
January 20, 2005 Presidential Inauguration Gale Norton Secretary of the Interior [citation needed]
February 2, 2005 State of the Union Donald Evans Secretary of Commerce [4][7][9][24][25]
Ted Stevens (R-AK) President Pro Tempore of the Senate
January 31, 2006 State of the Union Jim Nicholson Secretary of Veterans Affairs [4][7][9][24][26]
Ted Stevens (R-AK) President Pro Tempore of the Senate
January 23, 2007 State of the Union Alberto Gonzales Attorney General [4][7][9][24][27]
January 28, 2008 State of the Union Dirk Kempthorne Secretary of the Interior [4][7][9][28]
January 20, 2009 Presidential Inauguration Robert Gates Secretary of Defense [29][30]
February 24, 2009 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress Eric Holder Attorney General [4][7][9][31]
September 9, 2009 Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress
(Health Care Speech to Congress) Steven Chu Secretary of Energy [32]
January 27, 2010 State of the Union Shaun Donovan Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [7][9]
January 25, 2011 State of the Union Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior [7][9][33]
January 24, 2012 State of the Union Tom Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture [7][9][34]
January 21, 2013 Presidential Inauguration Eric Shinseki Secretary of Veterans Affairs [35]
February 12, 2013 State of the Union Steven Chu Secretary of Energy [9]
January 28, 2014 State of the Union Ernest Moniz Secretary of Energy [36][37]
January 20, 2015 State of the Union Anthony Foxx Secretary of Transportation [38][39]
January 12, 2016 State of the Union Orrin Hatch (R-UT) President Pro Tempore of the Senate [40]
Jeh Johnson Secretary of Homeland Security

People have got to stop looking for an argument where there is none

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by tipsywicket

Won't happen. Trump will be sworn in privately at 12:01 am Friday, January 20, 2017. Just like Obama was in 2008 and 2012 because of the fear of an assassination attempt. Probably been happening for most President-Elects. The public inauguration is merely for spectacle. CNN probably knows this...by why report the news if you can gin up the assassination fantasies of a few left wing lunatics if you can.

The oath of office at Noon on 20 January may very well be for show, but that does nothing to take away from the possibility raised by CNN's disgraceful report. The 20th Amendment to the Constituion states that the term of the outgoing president expires at Noon on 20 January and that the terms of their successors don't begin until after this! I'm not saying that a private oath at midnight doesn't take place, but that such an oath wouldn't have any immediate legal significance of an actual transfer of power.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident

The oath of office at Noon on 20 January may very well be for show, but that does nothing to take away from the possibility raised by CNN's disgraceful report. The 20th Amendment to the Constituion states that the term of the outgoing president expires at Noon on 20 January and that the terms of their successors don't begin until after this! I'm not saying that a private oath at midnight doesn't take place, but that such an oath wouldn't have any immediate legal significance of an actual transfer of power.

Possible, Obama was sworn in 3 times his first day.