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To: knak
Professor Gillers is simply mistaken about the "qualifications" Bill Clinton might have to be Vice President.

The qualifications to be President are found in Article II of the main body of the Constitution, as well as in several Amendments. Amendment XXII (1951) states:

"No person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President, shall be elected to the office of President more than once."

So clearly, Bill Clinton can not be elected President again. He and Ronald Reagan are the only living people in the United States ineligible because of this clause (having each been elected twice before - Ford, Carter, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush have only been elected once).

But let's not stop here; there are other Constitutional eligiblity standards. Amendment XII (1804), which changed the way Presidents and Vice Presidents were elected, contains this sentence at its conclusion:

"No person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President."

So it seems, if Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to be President, he is likewise constitutionally ineligible to be Vice President.

Professor Giller should stop mentally masturbating.

51 posted on 03/02/2004 11:09:25 PM PST by capitan_refugio
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To: capitan_refugio
Clinton vetoes marriage penalty tax cut***EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts (AP) -- President Clinton vetoed the Republican-sponsored tax cut for married couples on Saturday, calling it "the first installment of a fiscally reckless tax strategy."

In his weekly radio address, Clinton ticked off economic successes of his seven-year administration and said the course he charted "is the right path for America."

"We can't retreat from this opportunity of a lifetime to keep our economy strong and move our country forward," Clinton said.

Clinton vetoed the legislation before his morning round of golf on the Massachusetts resort island of Martha's Vineyard, where the first family is vacationing this weekend. ***

52 posted on 03/02/2004 11:17:21 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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