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To: JHL

I think Pelosi is Constitutionally next in line to fill the VP vacancy right?


22 posted on 05/12/2021 8:12:11 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind
I think Pelosi is Constitutionally next in line to fill the VP vacancy right?

There is no line of succession to the Vice Presidency.

36 posted on 05/12/2021 8:16:30 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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To: Openurmind

> I think Pelosi is Constitutionally next in line to fill the VP vacancy right? <

No. Pelosi is second in line for the presidency. So we get good ol’ Nancy as president if something happens to both Biden and Harris.

If something happens to Biden, Harris gets to pick her own VP.
If something happens to Harris, Biden gets to pick another VP.

Any VP pick must be confirmed by both Houses of Congress.


55 posted on 05/12/2021 8:25:25 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Openurmind

No. The new president chooses the new vp. The Constitution does not specify how a new vp is selected.


82 posted on 05/12/2021 8:50:18 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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