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To: GOPsterinMA

I’m not entirely sure, since that’s not spelled out clearly. However, the problem is that if a former two-term President decided to accept a VP slot, he’d have to be prepared to serve as President in case of something happening to his running mate, in which case, his succeeding him would seemingly be a violation of that Constitutional Amendment. If he was able to serve out 8 years as VP without having to step in, then it should be Constitutional. It’s a bit of a grey area.


79 posted on 12/30/2009 1:54:36 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I thought so.

The reason I ask is that I have my crystal ball out and wonder if there could be a Hillary Clinton/Bill Clinton ticket to challenge Barry 0 in 2012.

I put nothing past any Rat...


80 posted on 12/30/2009 1:58:51 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (Never bring a snowball to a gun fight.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

See my post 82. The 22nd Am. does not prohibit a two-term president from serving as president, only from being elected president again. The language is pretty clear.

If a two-term president was deemed (through judicial activism) to be ineligible to serve as president again, then, under the 12th Amendment, he would be ineligible to serve as VP.


83 posted on 12/30/2009 3:05:35 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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