A better option would be to include top Cabinet members, such as the secretaries of State, Treasury and Defense, and then allow a president to designate several others—all requiring Senate confirmation—including qualified people of breadth who reside outside the capital area.
So this moron proposes non elected Officials should be in the Chain of Command/Chain of Succession?
W
Why not? Its not like Nancy Pelosi’s idiotic constituents deserve to pick a potential President. At least Cabinet members were approved of by the legitimate President.
Not sure if you are objecting to ALL non-elected officials, or just the idea of those not in the cabinet.
Realise that the VP can be replaced by appointment/confirmation, after which they can become president without being elected. President Gerald Ford took that route. So if he’s a moron, he’s joined by those who put the current law in place.
I wouldn’t mind a new way of doing this, but I think if the person put in as president was not the VP, there should be a special election scheduled within 90 days to vote for a successor to fill the remaining term. That would be a fun election.
Frankly, I wouldn’t mind a rule that passed succession under such circumstances to the latest remaining former President, to serve without replacing any personell other than personal aides. The Presidency is too complicated to throw just anybody into it, and a former president would know his way around. And without replacing people, he would be a caretaker, but would (by virtue of previous election) have some legitimacy if we needed to go to war.