Ah so if say the Sec of State was Acting President, he would remain Sec and State and only be AP by virtue of this? That makes sense and further illustrates how having the Speaker and Pres Pro Tem in there is stupid since they need to resign from Congress first and thus no longer have those jobs. Thank you, very illuminating.
That’s a grievous error in this work of fiction then, Kiefer is looking to appoint a new Cabinet, most of whom would move ahead of him in the line. Somehow I doubt there will be any court battles over it in the show. It does seem like some will question his legitimacy, but only on the grounds that he was being fired, which is totally irrelevant since it had not happened yet and they chose him as the DS anyway.
I would love to write a more accurate and realistic version of this show but probably no one would watch it. ;p
My idea is the President (D) and Female VP are having an affair and the First Lady shoots them both, killing the VP and leaving her husband in a coma, she’s wounded by the Secret Service but survives to go on trial.
The young Republican Speaker (My author insert of course) takes over and the Dem Sec of State sues and there’s a protracted Supreme Court battle while the new Acting President pisses off the dems by signing bills and withdrawing judicial nominations, while also seeking to win the GOP nomination for the upcoming election over the RINO who had been the frontrunner, a fictional member of the Taft family (sadly RINO in recent generations).
In the end the dems are screwed cause the lib Justices on the Supreme Court incorrectly rule that’s it’s cool for the Speaker to be in the line.
All rights reserved. ;d
For your script to be picked up by a network, you’ll need to cast one of the Jonas brother ir eomething as the Speaker. : )
As for Kiefer Sutherland appointing Cabinet officers and remaining as Acting President, that would be correct if he named a Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, etc., but didn’t submit the nomination to the Senate (or sent it with the understanding that the Senate wouldn’t confirm), which would permit the nominees to serve as Acting Secretary of State, etc. without becoming the proper officers, so Kiefer would remain as the highest ranking proper officer in the line of succession and thus remain Acting President.