In addition, the political scientist must attend to existing constitutions even when they are bad. Aristotle notes that âto reform a constitution is no less a task [of politics] than it is to establish one from the beginning,â and in this way âthe politician should also help existing constitutionsâ (IV.1.1289a1â7).
January 20, 2009 is the 20 day of the year 2009 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Monday marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a holiday that had a rocky path to establishment. Although King was assassinated in 1968, legislation designating the third Monday in Januaryânear his Jan. 15 birthdayâas a legal holiday to honor him did not pass until 1983. The first year the U.S. observed the holiday was 1986, when the day fell on Jan. 20.