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originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk
To become VP, you have to meet the requirements to be POTUS.
He has already served 2 terms, so he cannot be VP.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
1.) Harris picks the most unlikely candidate of all for VP. She picks the one person who won't endorse her. She picks Barack Obama.
3.) On day #2 after inauguration, Harris stubs her toe on the White House front step. She's wounded. She can't carry on. Harris resigns as POTUS.
4.) BOOM!...Barack Obama becomes 47th POTUS (yes, for the 3rd time!). AND, Obama can serve out the rest of Harris' term (i.e. all 4 years).
Abstract
Does the Constitution limit the ability of a twice-before-elected President to serve as Vice-President? This question, as it turns out, presents an intricate constitutional puzzle, the solution of which requires working through four separate sub-inquiries: Is a two-term President totally ineligible for the Vice-Presidency? Is such a person barred from election to the Vice-Presidency even if that person remains appointable to that office? Is a twice-before-elected President, even if properly placed in the Vice-Presidency, incapable of succeeding from that office to the Presidency? And even if such a succession can occur, must the resulting term of service as President expire after two years? This Article addresses each of these questions by laying bare the implications of the decisive constitutional texts — namely, Article II’s enumeration of Presidential qualifications, the Twelfth Amendment’s treatment of qualifications for the Vice-Presidency, and the post-service limitations placed on two-term Presidents by the Twenty-Second Amendment. To be sure, thoughtful analysts have argued that the Constitution forecloses the possibility that a twice-before-elected President can hold (or at least secure election to) the Vice-Presidential office. Close inspection reveals, however, that that view misses the mark. In fact, the relevant constitutional provisions, their histories, and their purposes all point to the same conclusion: A twice-before-elected President may become Vice-President either through appointment or through election and — like any other Vice-President — may thereafter succeed from that office to the Presidency for the full remainder of the pending term.
Repository Citation Dan T. Coenen, Two-Time Presidents and the Vice-Presidency , 56 B.C. L. Rev. 1287 (2015),
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: visitedbythem
Again, there's nothing stopping her from appointing Obama for her running mate in the '24 elections. She doesn't need to become POTUS first. She can just do it.
If she wanted Newsom, she could just do the same thing. The only difference is, she has zero chance of winning with Newsom. The same cannot be said for Obama.
originally posted by: Cvastar
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk
That's a good one. I'll lay out another scenario. Biden outed by the 25th amendment proceeding; Harris chooses Hilary as VP; Harris wins and really, not much cheating will be needed.
Either way, you get Harris for POTUS.
originally posted by: Solvedit
J.D. has publicly converted to a church whose leader recently stated they share a common mission with Marxism.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
originally posted by: SourGrapes
The Government makes laws and forcefully collects taxes.
See the difference?
Though, I'm still interested in what this "shared Marxism" mission is.
originally posted by: SourGrapes
a reply to: Solvedit
So? What does that even mean, "share a common mission with Marxism"?
Give us the beef, what's that mission?
Lots of organized religions have similar "missions" or actions that would be considered "Marxist" or socialism.
That's expected in a communal organization that people CHOOSE to attend, not so much for governments.
Difference is one of them is a choice. The other, is not.
You can CHOOSE to donate $$ to your Church. Heck you can even CHOOSE to NOT attend Church or give tithing.
The Government makes laws and forcefully collects taxes.
See the difference?
Though, I'm still interested in what this "shared Marxism" mission is.
originally posted by: SourGrapes
Give us the beef, what's that mission?
Though, I'm still interested in what this "shared Marxism" mission is.
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk
Can you imagine all the right wing outrage. They'll be hopping around madder than an apoplectic Rumplestiltskin with a bad case of St. Vitus Dance. I dare them to try.