i wonder if bill was 3rd and hillary was 4th; what would happen to bill?
inquiring minds wonder???


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From: "Michael Berkowitz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Fwd: OT: The Supreme Court has ruled . . .


> Stan Sieler writes
>
> -
>
> Re:
>
> > > Why cant Bill run again now, after a gap???
> > An amendment to the Constitution after Roosevelt limits the president to
2
> > full terms - 1 term if he's served 2 years (such as when a Veep succeeds
a
> > Pres). So the most a pres can serve is a day shy of 10 years total.
>
> Bah...an amendment written by amateurs :)
>
> Actually, it would appear that he could run for VP, be elected VP,
> and then have the President resign, leaving him President ... legally.
> I.e., the amendment seems to in no way address the question of
> how many years a person can serve as President ... it merely addresses
> and limits the ability to be elected to the office.
>
> That's why we need more programmers in Washington, and more lawyers
> unemployed.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Bah...an opinion written by programmers :)
>
> Since passage of the 20th amendment, a president that has served at least
6
> years, cannot become president via the vice president route.
>
> Amendment XII
>
> < all but last sentence snipped >
>
>   But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President
shall
> be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
>
> Since the 20th amendment makes a 6 year or longer president
constitutionally
> ineligible for the presidency, the 12th amendment makes him ineligible for
> the vice presidency.
>
> However, the way to get around that is a little harder, but possible.
Just
> become speaker of the house, and then liquidate the president and vice
> president. Since you aren't elected president or vice-president again, the
> 12th and 20th amendments don't apply.  For more fun, start at a lower
level
> of presidential sucession, like Secretary of Energy, and work yourself up.
>
> Ghoulishly thinking,
> Mike Berkowitz
> Guess? Inc.
>
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