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To: JustaCowgirl; Mia T
This is wgat i ofund on a quick check search... The Constitution actually only provides for the Vice President to succeed the President. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1 and Amendments 20 and 25, basically says that aside from the VP, the line of succession is by law. The exact order is in the U.S. Code, specifically 3 USC 19. Right now, the order is Speaker of the House, President Pro Tem of the Senate, then the members of the Cabinet (in the order the agencies were added).


Thought that the cabinet pecking order was rather unique.


Don't put anything beyond the clinton's ...they're satan spawn( you can find "666" on the left side of hildabeast's neck on her gills).


Mia T you've been pinged to a thread on your favorite scuzz....
102 posted on 12/18/2005 7:09:44 AM PST by Issaquahking (("THIS IS A BULLET IN THE HEART OF TERRORISTS" referring to a purple stained finger!)
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To: JustaCowgirl
Full line...


The 25th Amendment reiterates what is stated in Article 2, Section 1: that the Vice President is the direct successor of the President. He or she will become President if the President cannot serve for whatever reason. The 25th also provides for a President who is temporarily disabled, such as if the President has a surgical procedure or if he or she become mentally unstable.

The original Constitution provides that if neither the President nor Vice President can serve, the Congress shall provide law stating who is next in line. Currently that law exists as 3 USC 19, a section of the U.S. Code. This law was established as part of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. There, the following line of succession is provided:


103 posted on 12/18/2005 7:21:10 AM PST by Issaquahking (("THIS IS A BULLET IN THE HEART OF TERRORISTS" referring to a purple stained finger!)
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