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To: Aliska

Could Biden stand as acting President and Pelosi as acting Vice President until an Amendment passed?


243 posted on 10/14/2008 8:49:59 PM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
Could Biden stand as acting President and Pelosi as acting Vice President until an Amendment passed?

I'm not a constitutional lawyer, so it would probably have to go to the SC. I'm guessing your scenario would be the case except I don't see how they could change the constitution and make it retroactive.

And the legal beagles would argue about it. That is a given.

I know you can pass some things retroactively, but laws, I doubt. I think that is what habeus corpus means. Better look it up, remember learning about it in school that you couldn't change the law and retry a criminal. It's a little different than double jeopardy, but don't take my word for any of this.

287 posted on 10/14/2008 9:22:43 PM PDT by Aliska
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