Just sitting here thinking about the “what if” scenarios...
He will still be considered a former POTUS until he is deemed to not be a former POTUS, it seems to me. My question would be what would be the process for making that official determination? As a sitting POTUS, the constitution spells out the process for removal (and even then, would an impeached POTUS lose his status of “former POTUS”?), but how do we, within the provisions of the constitution, deem a person such as Obama to no longer be a “former POTUS”? Can a person who has left office be impeached after the fact?
Perhaps all it would take would be an act of congress (signed by the newly elected POTUS). Or perhaps it would bring such notoriety that a constitutional amendment could be swiftly offered and approved by the states that would outline the process. Who knows? Talk about uncharted waters!
Well, Clinton was impeached.