Posted on 01/20/2022 9:21:09 PM PST by Jonty30
Can a Vice President serve two terms as President under the Constitution?
The reason I'm asking is because Trump/DeSantis is an unbeatable team and, if DeSantis became VP for Trump's second term, could he then run for two terms as President or is limited to one term as President because he served one term as VP?
10 years
In addition, I feel real dirty now, and want to get a showering pad out. (Do they still sell them) - search “ Are Canadians ignorant about the US”
Got me this first result.
https://www.quora.com/Do-Americans-find-that-many-Canadians-are-at-core-very-rude-to-them-or-have-an-ignorant-attitude-about-the-USA
Answer is all about PDJT. Go figure they hate him. When I need maple syrup, horse police, and hippy draft doggers then we can count on Canada. You vax loving, French ruled minority, crazy drive to the USA for anything important….
“ A: Um No. I live just a few miles from the Canadian border. I make regular trips to both Victoria and Vancouver to go scuba diving. I haven’t encountered any Canadian being rude. Quite a few of them don’t like Donald Trump but they also don’t like their own Prime Minister either. They don’t always understand our political system but none of them has said it sucks and our is better. Mostly we all do the same thing. Go dive come back, socialize, get drunk and do it all again the next day, all culminating in an awesome weekend.”
Basically the are like sleeping with our stepsister.
Ping. Etiquette dictates. You doing ok. Normally you would have hit this.
Incomplete answer. Just like your vax support. Close and technically correct but factually incorrect. Par from the course from a California Cuck.
My mistake. That’s on me. Your a Florida man. I made the assumption. Big mistake on my part. My apologies since you a cuck from NOT CALIFORNIA.
I’m happy to hear that, because that’s really the unstoppable ticket if DeSantis can be patient for one term.
A president and vice president from the same party and representing the same state are the very definition of stoppable according to Article II. Trump could change residency, but given his track record, is he really going to be the guy who defers to his VP? Either this confrontation happens or it gets put off. Either way, there are more candidates of better quality on the right than the left, and the goal should be seeing as many of them reach high office as possible, not squabbling over the same office.
Seriously?
I don’t think Obama could be President again but admit I can’t explain why. Seems like he could be President for two years or less but more than two years? Don’t think so.
“I don’t think Obama could be President again but admit I can’t explain why. Seems like he could be President for two years or less but more than two years? Don’t think so.”
Obama can’t be President again without a Constitutional Amendment.
Obama, W Bush and Clinton were all elected twice, so they can’t run again because of the 22nd Amendment. The language is very clear.
The only former Presidents with any eligibility left are Trump & Carter.
With the way Biden is performing, maybe the democrats should reconsider a second term for Jimmy Carter.
No, Obama can not be president again. In fact, he cannot even be VP, because one of the job requirements of the VP is that you have to be eligible to be president. He isn’t so he can’t be VP either.
There is a slight problem with a Trump/DeSantis ticket. Florida is a must win for GOP to win the presidency. But according to the Constitution, if both candidates are from the same state, the electoral votes for that state are not counted. So if they win, the votes would be removed potentially putting them below 270. The only way around this is if Trump moved he legal residency to NJ for example.
Did you not take civics in school? Of course a person can serve as VP and then 2 terms as POTUS.
Goodness, that is a problem. He wouldn’t pick DeSantis then. I think Kristi Noem then. An attractive woman. Put her personality next to Kamala’s don’t you dare interrupt me one. Almost lost it on TODAY yesterday. You would think she would want to be interrupted like a boxer being saved by the bell. Pence should have interrupted her more during the debate, she was about to lose it once.
it can be worked around if there is general consent to do so.
the house can elect a 2 term former president to the speakership, and then the vp and president resign to allow the speaker to become president.
IIRC, the VP can only take over for just a little UNDER 2 years and then he/she could be elected to President twice. The key is in the Constitution, two terms with a maximum 10 years. The only case I know of where that applied recently was with LBJ after JFKs demise. He could have run twice but didn’t run the second time because of Viet Nam.
I took Social Studies in the Alberta public system. They don’t teach American civics there
“But according to the Constitution, if both candidates are from the same state, the electoral votes for that state are not counted.”
I’ve never heard of this. Any references? Not challenging you, but I desire to learn more about this rule.
Thanks
Where did you hear this? Sitting with all the other old geezers around the cast iron stove and the cracker barrel at Sam Drucker's General Store?!
It's too bad there isn't some sort of worldwide electronic database where one could run a quick automatic search, and find the answer in milliseconds. Then we wouldn't have to speculate or rely on hearsay or poll FReepers for their opinion. Instead, we'd have actual facts.
Regards,
Agree!
Oh, by the way: Humblegunner! Humblegunner! Humblegunner!
Regards,
Geez, dude, calm down. Lighthearted thread about length of service for Presidents. Geezers at Cracker Barrel? Kinda intense, don’t you think? Didn’t research this particular one, just shooting the breeze.
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