[Jim Noble]

I don't think the sinkmeister is constitutionally able to be president again.

Then you'd better read the Constitution.

The XXII Amendment creates a bar to election. It does not add "Ineligibilities" to Article II.

The ineligibilities are:

Under age 35

Not a natural-born US citizen (unless already a citizen in 1791)

Not resident in the United States for fourteen years prior to election.

No person who is Constitutionally ineligible to the office of President may be elected Vice-President.

Bill Clinton is NOT "Constitutionally ineligible".

He just can't be elected to the office of President.

[Condor51]

Sorry, Billy Jeff IS Constitutionally ineligible

The Twelfth Amendment is pretty clear. It is the amendment that talks about how the Electoral College meets and chooses the pres and veep. The last sentence: But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Willard CANNOT be Vice-President - period.
That's it, end of story.

BTW, Not only can BJ NOT ever be a VEEP, he is also precluded from holding any office that's in the line of succession to the presidency.

[BaBaStooey]

I think that this could certainly be cleared up in federal court.

Bill Clinton is ineligible to be elected President, in the same way as if he was not natural-born, the same way as if he wasn't 35. Therefore, if he is not eligible to be elected President, someone could certainly make the argument that if he does not meet the qualifications to be elected President, he does not meet the qualifications to be elected Vice President.

Then, another can of worms, would that ruling stop someone from then appointing Clinton to fill a Vice Presidential vacancy?

There is a pretty big loophole here that needs to be closed. I feel that the intention of the legislators who crafted the amendment was to limit people to a maximum of 10 years as President. This was, of course, the unwritten "gentleman's agreement" for over a hundred years before FDR broke it.

[Keith in Iowa]

You must have missed the part of the 12th Amendment that says if you can't be president, you can't be VP. Clinton can't be president again, so he can't be the veep.