To: Kevmo
20th Amendment - ...if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified...
After reading the 20th Amendment again, there is no provision for the VP-Elect to become President-Elect, only for the VP-Elect to act as President. Maybe SCOTUS is not rushing because PE has until January 20 to qualify. ??
26 posted on
01/03/2009 11:57:15 AM PST by
Visceral
(The more I learn, the less I know)
To: Visceral
Maybe SCOTUS is not rushing because PE has until January 20 to qualify. ??
***I would suggest that’s a reasonably strong likelihood. The SCOTUS doesn’t want to embarrass lower courts, who denied many of these lawsuits (including Berg) due to “lack of standing”. Once he becomes Pres elect and congress has had their chance to uphold the constitution (I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one) then they can step in per the 20th amendment. At that point, Berg would have standing.
32 posted on
01/03/2009 1:33:11 PM PST by
Kevmo
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