Posted on 08/22/2006 12:55:07 AM PDT by Mo1
Is this person saying that Bill Clinton works like a dose of Viagra for some people?
Makes good reading, but they'll have to change the Constitution before Bill can run for Vice President.
That's because the XXII Amendment is so poorly drafted. It does not make someone who has been twice elected President "ineligible to the office". It makes them ineligible to become President by being elected again.
"Constitutionally ineligible" means less than 35 years of age, not a natural born citizen, or not resident in the US for the previous 14 years.
If George W. Bush were elected to the House from Texas after 2009, and became Speaker, and the President and Vice President were to leave office simultaneously, there is no question that Bush would serve again as President.
Now, it's clear that the "Bill for VP" movement contradicts the INTENT of the drafters of XXII. They probably would have drafted it better if they ever could have imagined such a person as Clinton ever becoming President in the first place.
But they didn't.
That's not even true.
He can seek it all he wants. He can run. You can vote for him.
But an Elector for President chosen from your state can't vote for him, or, more precisely, Congress may not count any votes cast for him by such Electors.
As a practical matter, if 271 Electors for Vice President were chosen (or chusen) and voted for him, no Supreme Court would dare to intervene.
Unfortunately, that is moot since the election of two Texans in 2000 and 2004.
Stop It! Immediately! :) I did not know that Satan had a twin.
But that's not what XXII says.
Clinton (Marxist) and Obama (Muslim) - what a combination.
Don't you all see? THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT!
The Clintons would *LOVE* to have us fighting them over constitutional questions. It would sound like we are the spoiled losers counting chads in 2000.
That is what the Clinton's want with this tactic, nothing more.
Yes but Cheney moved his address back to Wyoming. Harder to do when you are married. Stop being contrary.
I was thinking Imadinejad. It woudl give Hillary a VP that she is taller than and they are on the same team after all.
No individual is barred from holding office more than 2 terms. That is emphatically NOT what the Amendment says.
It merely says that he cannot be ELECTED President more than twice. He certainly could be elevated to the office from another office through the operation of Presidential succession rules.
There is not one word in the amendment to suggest otherwise.
Moreover, there is language in the Amendment providing that a former Vice President, elevated to the Presidency for less than two years would be eligible for election twice, making it possible for such an individual to serve as President for 10 years. That is plainly more than two terms.
In short, there is NO bar in the plain language of the Amendment to suggest a bar to holding office for more than two terms.
Actually, many, many married couples (who file separately) have different legal residences for tax reasons.
If Cheney could "live" in Wyoming for electoral purposes, Bill can certainly "live" in Arkansas.
Other then you, me, Bush and Cheney, who even knew that Cheney was living in Texas? No body. Everyone knows where Clinton lives. It's immaterial any way. Even Hillary knows Bill is toxic.
..... But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
"Constitutionally ineligible" means less than 35 years of age, not a natural born citizen, or not resident in the US for the previous 14 years. And that's ALL it means.
Worth repeating.
In a nutshell.
what's so hard about married people living in different states? Either Hillary or Bill could claim Hillary's D.C. address as their primary residence. Or Bill can claim Arkansas as his home state. Or anything - after the Cheney switch to Wyoming, the two-from-different-state requirement is nothing more than a minor inconvenience.
Some states may still have laws precluding holding one elected position while running for another, but the US Constitution certainly doesn't prohibit doing so.
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