What if Jack the Ripper were in fact the Loch Ness Monster?
Posted on 01/02/2021 4:30:29 AM PST by DouglasKC
According to the constitution the President of the Senate, vp Pence, presides over the electoral vote on January 6.
But what if he resigns instead? Right then and there. There is no President of the Senate then.
So what is the constitutional remedy and what do you suppose will happen?
Wouldn’t Nanzi become veep b/c of order of succession?
Now, why would Pence resign when Trump is guaranteed to win?! /sarcasm off
What was the process when Spiro T. Agnew resigned?
What if games. Hmmmmm. What if Biden keels over dead in the next two weeks. Kamala couldn’t be sworn in because she was not elected to the office. So would Trump continue until a special election were held?
If, and I say if, VP Pence were to resign then the President Pro Tem of the Senate would administer the joint session. That would be Charles Grassley. As for replacement of a resigning VP, look no further than Spiro Agnew’s resignation. The Senate would have to approve any replacement.
Gwjack
Why would he go through such extreme upheaval whrn dottery Uncle Joe is going to be “coronated” in three short weeks anyway?
If Pence and Trump are at odds, the easiest solution is for Pence to stay away from the Oval Office as much as possible.
I suspect that the race the day before may not be decided by the time of this vote.
It doesn’t really matter whether it is a Dem or a GOP counting the votes..the process is the same.
Congress is going to decide this mess. They will debate after the objections...and then we get President Biden.
Wouldn’t Nanzi become veep b/c of order of succession?
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You forget AOC is going to take out Nanzi on the 3rd. There is a Dem. revolt going on.
DougKC;
Free Republic is supposed to be place where we can hold discussions about these things without people treating you like you are stupid for asking questions and asking what ifs. Ignore all the “it aint gonna happen” stick up their ass crowd.
If NO resignation and Pence does NOT show up on January 6 2020 then Senate President ProTemp Chuck Grassley would act in his place. Not certain how that would work, but he is quite aware of the efforts of the FBI and DOJ to take Trump down, probably also aware of the Electoral Fraud.
“The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (also president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. Article I, Section Three of the United States Constitution provides that the Vice President, despite not being a senator, is the President of the Senate. It also establishes that the Senate must choose a president pro tempore to act in his absence:[1]
The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
The president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions in the vice president’s absence. In practice, neither the vice president nor the president pro tempore usually presides; instead, the duty of presiding officer is rotated among junior senators of the majority party to give them experience in parliamentary procedure.
The president pro tempore is third in the line of succession to the presidency, after the vice president and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and ahead of the Secretary of State.[2]”
I am not absolutely certain, but if the VP resigns BEFORE the electors meet his party may substitute a replacement and then the electors votes for Pence would count for the replacement. (Pretty sure.)
Resignation after the electors meet the 25th amendment would apply and both houses of Congress would need to approve a replacement. The President Pro Tempore would be acting VP until that happens.
https://nypost.com/article/how-the-25th-amendment-works-simplified/
Chuck Grassley would assume those duties.
If that’s the case, maybe there’s a chance that Nanzi and McGoverns rules for this session will be defeated.
What an abomination that is.
What is instead of Pence resigning, he is executed for treason like Lin Wood wants?
Wow. This “what if” BS hurts my brain. I need more coffee.
Supreme who? Are they related to the Roberts Black-robed riot prevention and Constitution killers society?
If Vice President Mike Pence chooses not to attend the joint session, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, president pro tempore of the Senate, will preside.
What If?
I’m sick of this negative crap.
What if Jack the Ripper were in fact the Loch Ness Monster?
How about this....Trump resigns....Pence becomes POTUS. Trump runs again in 24 and 28?
There have also been several occasions throughout American history where a Vice-President vacated the office. Prior to the 25th (?) amendment, the office remained vacant until the following election. So I would think there would be several instances of precedent to look back to.
Don’t count on Chuck Grassley. He says this has been a great election with no fraud. He is perhaps the most tenured “deepest state” tool out there (not to mention Diane Feinstein)
What if General Custer had had Sherman tanks at battle of little big horn?t would be wild...right?
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