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Originally Posted by Jaxson66
Can’t understand how you concluded that non sense from my post.
Here’s a “what if” What if Biden chooses Obama as his running mate.
I’m waiting for the right wing carnival barkers like hand job hannity to really throw red meat at the trump party while the fat lying bastards polls crash.
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Amendment XXII Two-Term Limit on Presidency
Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951
Section 1
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
J666 - i was dismissive of your idea until i re-read the 22nd Amendment - which states "elected to the office". If a prior two term POYUS is elected VP, and becomes POTUS again through death or infirmity of the elected POTUS - is that a Constitutional crisis?
I think - not being a Constitutional lawyer - nor any idea what the Supreme Court would have to say - it might be possible.
Certainly the opposing party would oppose the VP nomination on 22nd amendment grounds. It might well not be worth the hassle of the legalities of such VP nomination to proceed with such.
Pure speculation on my Part.
Perhaps you are serious about the question - or perhaps just tossing meat to Hannity - IDK.
I think you raise an interesting question!