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Crazy Hypthetical Question - 3rd term as President?

This is just a wild, insane hypothetical, but lets say that Bill Clinton became Obama's Vice President. Then, Obama wins the presidency and is shortly thereafter assassinated. Would our system legally allow Bill to serve a third term as President?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Bill Clinton is ineligible to be elected President again, therefore under the Constitution he is ineligible to serve as Vice President.

    "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." (from the 12th Amendment, ratified 1804)

  • 1 decade ago

    No, he would not. In fact, most Consitutional Scholors agree that Bill wouldn't even be permitted to be vice-president at this point, though nobody has ever tried it. But there is a whole line of succession for the presidency and if someone isn't elligible because they were not US citizens at birth would pass to the next in line for elligibility, who I believe is Senator Robert Byrd.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. The Constitution specifically prevents that by not allowing a president to serve more then two terms. Doesn't matter if his the "vice" or not.

  • 1 decade ago

    Bill Clinton is not eligible to run for vice president as the constitution requires that a person be eligible to run for president to run for vice president.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    its wild and insane you dont know the Constitution prevents B Clinton from being VP

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    i think of that particular substitute is risk-free from revision, wisely. easily, we ought to constantly be finding at an substitute to shrink the words of those in Congress besides as those on the splendid courtroom. we actually do no longer desire occupation politicians, or judges, rather whilst they have shown that they'd't run the country with out working it into debt.

  • Neha
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    If McCain wins, he will be George W.'s 3rd term puppet.

  • 1 decade ago

    Unless there is a clause in the Constitution saying no, then yes.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no unless they changed it

    and you might see a legal challenge if he was on ballot as vp

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That would be nice. I like Bill.

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