What is Kamala steps aside for Obama to be VP

Can’t happen. The limit on two terms also applies to being in the VP position which could give you more time as President.

Not true, R1. The courts would have to rule on that because it's not clear.

Even a Democratically-controlled Senate would never agree to anyone appointing Obama, having served two terms as US president, to the vice-presidency. it would go against the spirit of the 22nd Amendment.

The Republicans would do something like that if it served their purposes, but they're evil and don't play fair.

OP Evidently you are celebrating that certain states legalized recreational marijuana. So what particular harvest of weed are you smoking today?

Cannot happen. No one can serve more than two terms, unless the first term was for under 2 years (i.e., a VP who assumed presidency in the latter two years of the prior pres's term); in that event -- and only that event -- the VP-turned-pres can run for and serve two additional full terms of his/her own. Obama does not qualify for that and, thus, cannot be in any elected position in which he'd be in line for the presidency (i.e., the cabinet).

R5, the law does not address if someone served two terms as President FIRST, then became a VP afterwards.

Why the fuck would Obama want to be vice president? He’s going to be called Mr. President for the rest of his life.

VP would be for only a month or two, R7, then President again.

Hillary looked into that as Bill wanted to be VP when she ran, and it was a legal NO

Let Obama retire in peace. He's had sufficient!

Stop. You're an idiot.

ALL of the vetting that’s done regarding Vice President candidacy centers around being able to step in as president. And that’s where it ends for a previous president two termer. OP, stop making stuff up.

Kamala will step aside for no one!

Kamala is a tiger.

Yes, of course the law fucking addresses it, retarded person at R6.

Two terms is the limit. Since the job of the Vice President is to take over for a president if needed, no two-term president is eligible to become Vice President.

If only you weren't retarded, you'd have been able to figure that out. Poor thing.

Can you imagine? If OP were right, 2 persons could tag team between positions until one of them died.

This thread proves that (most) Americans are neither exceptional, nor very bright.

Why would you want that op?

OP, what if the hot Venezuelan married to the Colombian MILF downstairs has a gorgeous 9inch dong, and what if he started to fuck me bareback in the cellar in the late afternoons, when she's still at work, and liked it so much he continued for a couple years, until she divorces him, like she does to all her husbands when she tires of them. And then he moves in with me and does all the handy work on my chalet? What about that, OP? "What is"? Oh dear.

[quote] Yes, of course the law fucking addresses it, retarded person at [R6].

No it doesn’t, actually. The 22nd amendment states that a person cannot be elected to the presidency more than twice. It doesn’t state that a person cannot serve as president more than twice.

So for instance if Obama ran for Congress and eventually became speaker of the house, and the president and Vice President died at the same time, say, due to an attack, Obama as third in line would be president.

How about a SCOTUS position for Obama?

[quote] How about a SCOTUS position for Obama?

No so fat!

OT a bit, but Obama was on one of the Jimmy's last week. He was so damn affable, intelligent, fun. God I miss him.

That said, no chance in hell OP.

Michelle would never allow it.

President Obama could not serve as Speaker of the House.

President Obama could not be in any position in government that is in the line of succession to the Presidency.

It's not fucking rocket science. The answer is no.

[quote] The limit in serving 2 terms wouldn't apply to this.

Except that it does.

[quote] President Obama could not be in any position in government that is in the line of succession to the Presidency.

People not eligible to be President can serve in positions in the line of succession to the Presidency and have, Henry Kissinger and Madeline Albright both served as Secretary of State despite not being born in the US or to US citizens. In those cases they are skipped if it comes to that and they go onto the next person in line.

[quote] In those cases they are skipped if it comes to that and they go onto the next person in line.

Does that mean I could become president of the erstwhile colonies?

Q: Can a person who is not constitutionally eligible for the office of president be in the line of succession?

A: Such a person can serve in an office that is in the line of succession, but he or she can't become president and would get skipped over if the presidency was vacated.

Neither Henry Kissinger nor Madeleine Albright are former two-term presidends of the United States.

No two-term POTUS can serve as Vice President.

No. Can't be done. Won't be done. Isn't a real thing. This is a non-question. You can keep switching it around to other government jobs for reasons best known to yourself.

The fact remains, the questions is a stupid one and the answer is no.

FDR broke the rules

R28 you are great at name calling but not much else, not reading or thinking.

[quote] President Obama could not be in any position in government that is in the line of succession to the Presidency.

My answer to that at R25 was addressing the statement that "President Obama could NOT be in ANY position that is in the line of succession to the Presidency. Clearly he could be Speaker of the House. I don't see Obama wanting to ever hold elective office again so it really doesn't matter.

No, R29, the rule was created after FDR died in office.

[quote] "Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, the date of Roosevelt's third inauguration, and ended with Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945. Roosevelt won a third term by defeating Republican nominee Wendell Willkie in the 1940 United States presidential election. He remains the only president to serve for more than two terms."

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An ex-President can be judge, such as serving on the US Supreme Court if nominated & confirmed..

You gotta love the type of moron OP is, so confident that he's right and he's figured the whole thing out in advance.

The VP must meet the eligibility requirements of the Presidency, which means a former two-term President is obviously disqualified, to prevent the scenario R15 describes.

Really, you're retarded.

President Obama, as a former two-term President of the United States, could not serve as Speaker of the House.

If he were a member of the House (which is allowed) he would not be able to stand for the Speaker's chair. As the Speaker is second in line to the Presidency, it would bring on a Constitutional crisis.

It simply cannot be, dear. We will never do it. Accept that you lost and either take your meds or find something else you're wrong about to obsess over.

I assume the anti-Obama poster calling everyone "retarded" (while he posts nonsense) is the same person (R14 ,R24, etc).

From Wikipedia:

[quote] it is unclear whether someone who is ineligible to be elected president could be elected vice president. Because of this apparent ambiguity, there may be a loophole in the 22nd Amendment whereby a two-term former president could be elected vice president and then succeed to the presidency as a result of the incumbent's death, resignation, or removal from office (or even succeed to the presidency from some other stated office in the presidential line of succession).

OP, I am not anti-Obama you fucking moron. I'm anti stupid. The answer is still no, it will always be no. A two-term POTUS willl not be allowed to take a position that high in the succession. He can be a Supreme. He can be a congressman. He can be a Senator. He can be Ambassador to the UN but cannot be President of the UN.

You want to play Maybe Angels Dance on Pinheads. Run along.

Sure, R37, we'll believe you over the legal scholars cited in the Wiki above.

[quote] ] Ready, Joel A. "The 22nd Amendment Doesn't Say What You Think It Says". Blandon, Pennsylvania: Cornerstone Law Firm. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

[quote] Peabody, Bruce G.; Gant, Scott E. (February 1999). "The Twice and Future President: Constitutional Interstices and the Twenty-Second Amendment". Minnesota Law Review. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Law School. 83 (3): 565–635.

Frankly, Obama did nothing as President, and would do the same as vice pres. (Yes, I voted for him)

Let's look at the actual Amendment:

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 the President more than once.

Specifically says 'ELECTED' not getting in by any other means. Shall not be ELECTED

Thread Closed.

This is patently absurd, OP.

It's ridiculous but a pedant with a bone is just determined to be fucking stupid and tedious. There's nothing one can do except firmly correct her and carry on.

Was it Ben Franklin who said some damn fool will come along and imagine anything that isn't directly prohibited in the Constitution is obviously all right, instead of using any common sense about it?

This ridiculous conversation with the OP is like that.

R42, how fucking high how are you????????

Not very high, R43, but the night is young.

It may not have been Ben Franklin - sorry. I'll go with "A Founder" okay, snookums?

Sure, Obama could be Speaker of the House. His two term limit to the presidency only applies to being elected president two times

Of course, r45. The “retarded” troll in this thread is bringing a lot of heat but not much light.

The 12th Amendment says that no one who is ineligible to be president is eligible to serve as Vice President.

Here's another mind-boggling idea! What if Kamala steps aside so as to let Countess Luann de Lesseps be Vice-President? And then if Biden resigns, she's be President the Countess!

**takes another toke**

It could happen, man!

They brought up this ridiculous idea with Bill Clinton back in the 90s.

Can you imagine any type of amendment to the Constitution getting passed in these polarized times? It’s pretty shocking to me, looking back at some of the things passed earlier in the 20th century.

[quote]No one can serve more than two terms, unless the first term was for under 2 years (i.e., a VP who assumed presidency in the latter two years of the prior pres's term);

Which is why Johnson could have run for two full terms as he served one year and two months of Kennedy's term. Ford couldn't have run twice as he served two years and five months of Nixon's term.

If something happens to Biden I wouldn't surprised to see 'The Squad' try to take over.

Thanks for weighing in, Ivan... uh, I mean Anonymous at r52

[quote]If something happens to Biden I wouldn't surprised to see 'The Squad' try to take over.

"The Squad" is four congresswomen from different states. How exactly do you imagine they would they "take over," Boris?

R48 is NOT me.

[quote] The 12th Amendment says that no one who is ineligible to be president is eligible to serve as Vice President.

No, that is not how it is worded. See R36.

R56, what is your damage?

What is it that you are seeking to achieve with this senseless argument that everyone knows is crazy?

This is almost as funny as that thread Boris started about Trump waving his magic wand and appointing Ivanka Veep.