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To: Boardwalk

That’s a complicated question. If Obama is found out as a person ineligible to serve as president, it depends on when he’s found out. If it’s before the Electors pick him as the president, the Democratic Party picks a new person and it could very well be Hillary. If it’s after the inauguration, then he resigns and Biden is the new president.

If it happens between the Electoral College and inauguration day, I’m stumped. My guess is that it would still be a decision by the DNC.


30 posted on 11/22/2008 7:09:08 AM PST by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: Philo1962

All the Presidents men are in line (Bill Clinton’s men) and I can’t help but think that Hillary is just sitting there like the black widow spider ready to eat Obama for breakfast and take over the world.


31 posted on 11/22/2008 7:12:17 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Philo1962

“... the Democratic Party picks a new person and it could very well be Hillary.”

I’m confused on this point. Even if this happens, at any time, the Dems did run a candidate eligible for the presidency: Biden.


34 posted on 11/22/2008 7:28:38 AM PST by Enosh (†)
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To: Philo1962
See U. S. Constitution, Amendment XX, Sec. 3.
64 posted on 11/22/2008 8:38:07 AM PST by Southbound (("A liar in public life is worse than a full-paid-up communist, and I don't care who he is." HST.))
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To: Philo1962
If Obama is found out as a person ineligible to serve as president, it depends on when he’s found out. If it’s before the Electors pick him as the president, the Democratic Party picks a new person and it could very well be Hillary.

I'm pretty sure this is incorrect. If Obama is found to be ineligible to serve before the Electors vote, then the Electors pledged to Obama are no longer pledged to a particular candidate and can vote for whomever they please. Maybe they'd vote for whomever the Democratic Party tells them to, and maybe they wouldn't.

If it happens between the Electoral College and inauguration day, I’m stumped.

At a guess, Chief Justice Roberts would refuse to administer the oath of office (assuming Obama doesn't accept the ruling and withdraw with grace). Some other judge could be found to do so, I'm sure, precipitating a Constitutional crisis of major proportions. We could (and would!) say "He's not my president!" with much more moral authority than the leftists ever had. I suspect that major portions of the military would refuse his orders too.

77 posted on 11/22/2008 9:39:21 AM PST by Doug Loss
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