JOE LIEBERMAN IS CLUELESS REGARDING THE LINE OF SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY

heard on ABC radio news | 12-15-02 | dfu

[ChadGore]

Good catch.

[Objectivism USA]

Since Democrats consider the Constitution irrelevant what do you expect?

[ChadGore]

You know . . all this Lott is really a broadside attack at Strom and his legacy.

[evolved_rage]

On FNC, I just heard Julian Bond fearmongering about Lott and succession only to be rebutted by Arlin Spector that Sen. Byrd, formerly in the KKK, is a few heartbeats from the presidency. Julian pursed his lips tightly. But Spector brought up Byrd'd old KKK membership. heheheheh. Bond is just another lying poverty pimp.

I wonder if the DNC has passed out more blatent lies in their crib sheets for this weeks talking heads???

[jackbill]

Traditionally, the person is the from the majority party and has the most seniority. Currently, it is the wonderful Senator from West Virginia and former KKK member, Sheets Byrd.

I believe that Senator Thurmond is the President pro tempore currently. At least, an e-mail that I got from his office last week was signed that way. Just because Vacant Lott didn't demand a reorganization of the Senate when Talent was elected doesn't mean that the Republicans are not in the majority.

[Charles Henrickson]

"Constitution? We don't need no stinkin' Constitution!"

[doug from upland]

Julian, like Lieberman, needs to be faxed or e-mail a Constitution that he can read in his leisure while he is not race-baiting.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Good catch, Doug. Joe should be "deeply troubled" that he joined Al Haig in the Misinformed About Presidential Succession Club.

[NonZeroSum]

I mentioned it in this thread.

[CyberAnt]

Ahhhhh ... isn't the majority leader of the senate in the line of succession though?? I mean maybe he's not the first or second, but he is in there. It's the VP, the President pro tem of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and then I think it goes back to the majority leader of the senate, and after that, the majority leader of the House ... etc.

Sooooo ... was Lieberman stupid or just spoke as though Lott was next in line instead of in a line of succession ...??

[doug from upland]

Order of Presidential Succession

According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.

In 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office.

The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.

Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.

The Vice President Richard Cheney
Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
President pro tempore of the Senate1 Robert Byrd
Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury,Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Norton 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, FReeper Doug from Upland. (Okay, I added that last one.)

NOTE: An official cannot succeed to the Presidency unless that person meets the Constitutional requirements. 1. The president pro tempore presides over the Senate when the vice president is absent. By tradition the position is held by the senior member of the majority party.

[doug from upland]

Sorry to step on your thread. Spelling "Succession" correctly would have helped when I ran a search. :) You deserve the credit for spotting it first.

[evolved_rage]

Julian, like Lieberman, needs to be faxed or e-mail a Constitution

That is a damn good idea!!!! Sounds like a Freep.

[John W]

Nope.
The Sequence of Presidential Succession

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1. Vice-President
2. Speaker of the House
3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate
4. Secretary of State
5. Secretary of the Treasury
6. Secretary of Defense
7. Attorney General
8. Secretary of the Interior
9. Secretary of Agriculture
10. Secretary of Commerce
11. Secretary of Labor
12. Secretary of Health and Human Services
13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
14. Secretary of Transportation
15. Secretary of Energy
16. Secretary of Education

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[doug from upland]

Yes, Lieberman was just stupid.

[PISANO]

WRONG..........majority leader of Senate is nowhere in the line of succession.

[NonZeroSum]

It wasn't my thread. It was someone else's general thread about people getting it wrong. Someone asked for an example, and I pointed out that Loserman did it this morning.

i.e., you're forgiven. ;-)

[NonZeroSum]

I also notice that blogger Rand Simberg noted it a couple hours ago.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I heard it too. He must have gotten Lott confused with Byrd, the former Klansman democRAT who IS in the line of succession (at least until he gets replaced as president pro tem of the Senate).