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To: Jim Noble
the USSC would certainly allow the VP to become (not to be elected) President.

Certainly they would not. The intention of the 22nd if to limit a President to two terms. It's clear on the face of it by history, Presidential precedent (e.g., statements of Washington and Jefferson), and the historic melieu for the amendment sparked by FDR's four terms.

The USSC will simply not operate in the mechanical and linguistic vacume being posited here.

110 posted on 05/10/2002 1:06:23 PM PDT by angkor
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To: angkor
The intention of the 22nd if to limit a President to two terms.

Once again, the plain language of the amendment does not support this interpretation. You need to show other relveant information (debate during the ratification process in the House and Senate would be very useful here, HINT HINT HINT).

118 posted on 05/10/2002 1:47:39 PM PDT by Poohbah
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