Byrd - old as the hills
Posted on 11/17/2008 8:26:00 PM PST by doug from upland
This Topic Page concerns the Presidential Line of Succession. The Line of Succession is mentioned in two places in the Constitution; in Article 2, Section 1, and the 25th Amendment. The Topic Page for the Presidential Disability is also of interest.
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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:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State (Hillary? 4 heartbeats away?)
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Pelosi then Byrd.
Pelosi - Botox poisoning
I’ve been wondering about this since I heard she was up for it... couldn’t remember where in line she might be. Thanks for the thread.
Yes, of course. I should have better checked my post.
isn't life grand?
That explains the big meeting set at Ft. Marcy Park for January 24, 2009.
Local talk radio had our mayor in the running for Hillarys senate seat.
The world has indeed gone mad.
Obama, Biden, Byrd, Pelosi......Hillary.
I’m going to have to gouge my eyes out with a toilet bowl brush!
Sorry, Mr. President, I’m too ill to travel to the Middle East this time. You, Biden, Pelosi, and Byrd will be able to handle it. Have a safe trip.
OH LORDY I hate to say this I am thinking of so many bad jokes right now
By all means, share...
I’m in awe of your work. Just helpin’.
FROM LAST MARCH - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsZ9yOnfMYU
This one isn’t beyond team KKKlintler’s capabilities but they’d have to do something more imaginative than having all four of them turn up in a public park along the GW parkway...
Here’s the line of succession:
First Black President
First man lacking brain
Oldest known embalmed corpse
Oldest living Confederate veteran
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