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To: Boogieman

It remains that, having served one-and-a-half terms as President, Obama would be ineligible for the Vice Presidency (since he was ineligible to serve as President again).


54 posted on 10/18/2014 10:19:01 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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To: okie01

“It remains that, having served one-and-a-half terms as President, Obama would be ineligible for the Vice Presidency (since he was ineligible to serve as President again).”

You’re conflating two different things though, to arrive at that conclusion. The 22nd Amendment’s modification of eligibility to be elected President, and Article 2’s rules for eligibility to hold the office of President or Vice President. There is no definitive statement anywhere in the Constitution, or relevant jurisprudence, to say that those two types of eligibility are the equivalent. So, to stop him from being appointed, you would need to take the matter to the Supreme Court, or pass an Amendment to make the equivalency explicit.


55 posted on 10/18/2014 10:41:11 PM PDT by Boogieman
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