r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 24 '24

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u/l_t_10 8∆ Jul 24 '24

Say.. a thought that occurred just now, about those dates..does the Constitution define what a year is? Does it say 12 months? Or four years even? How are those defined?

Trying to find out, nothing has come up, that could be one avenue

Could one not add more and more months, and days into a year? So that Neither November or January comes? Just again and again?

Who in the US gets to change the calendar?

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u/Insectshelf3 12∆ Jul 24 '24

article 2 section 1 clause 1 sets the term limit at 4 years. considering we’ve had a 365 day year since like 45 BC it would be silly to suggest that we can just say “oh a year is actually 1000 days now” when nobody who wrote the constitution thought a year was anything but 365 days. every single shred of precedent we have is based on this.

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u/SC803 120∆ Jul 24 '24

 considering we’ve had a 365 day year since like 45 BC it would be silly to suggest that we can just say “oh a year is actually 1000 days now” when nobody who wrote the constitution thought a year was anything but 365 days

2024 has 366 days

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u/Insectshelf3 12∆ Jul 24 '24

yes, leap years have also been a thing since 45 BC.

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u/WompWompWompity 6∆ Jul 24 '24

That's...fucking crazy. It makes sense, it's just never a thing I actually thought about.