1. SubscriberPonderable
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    ...and of course a newly installed president will choose a VP...
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    @suzianne said
    The way I understand succession to office is that if the next person in the line is ineligible to hold the office, for any reason, then succession would merely skip over them to the next eligible person in line.
    Currently, as of today, most of Biden's Cabinet picks have not been confirmed by the Senate. Those Secretaries who have not been confirmed would not be eligible to replace the President. Succession would skip over any that have not been confirmed at the moment of succession.
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    @ponderable said
    ...and of course a newly installed president will choose a VP...
    Interestingly, the last line of the 12th Amendment states, "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

    I guess that puts to rest the idea of a President who has served their two terms being named as Vice President.
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    @paul-a-roberts said
    I understand that in America a President can only serve two terms.

    If a Vice-President becomes President due to the current President standing down, or being incapacitated permanently, then would that count as a formal first term so they could only be elected one time, or could they then get more than 8 years as President?

    Also, could a 2 term President then become a Vice-president?
    The 22nd Amendment allows a person to be elected to the office of the President for two terms. Harris was elected to the office of the Vice President. If Biden cannot fulfill his term, Harris would complete it and then would be eligible to be for the office of President for two terms, if she chooses and if voters (and the Electoral College) choose to elect her.
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    @suzianne said
    As far as I know, the Chief Justice is not in the line of succession.

    1. Vice President
    2. Speaker of the House
    3. President pro tempore of the Senate
    4-18. 15 Cabinet Secretaries, in the order of the creation of their Department. This makes State, Treasury and Defense the first three and Homeland Security last.
    https://qz.com/1959985/what-happens-if-joe-biden-dies-after-the-inauguration/

    Right you are. I flunked my civics test.
  7. SubscriberVery Rusty
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    @moonbus said
    https://qz.com/1959985/what-happens-if-joe-biden-dies-after-the-inauguration/

    Right you are. I flunked my civics test.
    Suzie Q, has her facts straight.

    -VR
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    @hakima said
    The 22nd Amendment allows a person to be elected to the office of the President for two terms. Harris was elected to the office of the Vice President. If Biden cannot fulfill his term, Harris would complete it and then would be eligible to be for the office of President for two terms, if she chooses and if voters (and the Electoral College) choose to elect her.
    Joe is alive and kicking.
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    @handyandy said
    Joe is alive and kicking.
    It appears so
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    @suzianne said
    A president dying in office is a huge disruption to the country.

    I'd rather see her run after Biden's term(s) is(are) over.
    Me too, obviously I’m not wishing Joe Biden dead! Is that what you thought, really?
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    @suzianne said
    As far as I know, the Chief Justice is not in the line of succession.

    1. Vice President
    2. Speaker of the House
    3. President pro tempore of the Senate
    4-18. 15 Cabinet Secretaries, in the order of the creation of their Department. This makes State, Treasury and Defense the first three and Homeland Security last.
    Fun fact: the man third in the line of presidential succession has been in five Batman movies. For real.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/senator-patrick-leahy-batman-trnd/index.html
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    @moonbus said
    Fun fact: the man third in the line of presidential succession has been in five Batman movies. For real.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/senator-patrick-leahy-batman-trnd/index.html
    Holy cat's derby!

    YouTube
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    @moonbus said
    Fun fact: the man third in the line of presidential succession has been in five Batman movies. For real.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/senator-patrick-leahy-batman-trnd/index.html
    Great article.
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    @ghost-of-a-duke said
    Holy cat's derby!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5hRPy-pDsY
    Okay, now that was funny!
  15. SubscriberVery Rusty
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    @moonbus said
    Fun fact: the man third in the line of presidential succession has been in five Batman movies. For real.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/senator-patrick-leahy-batman-trnd/index.html
    Ronald Reagan 40th President was an Actor.

    Donald Trump 45th President was a business man.

    So really not a big surprise!

    -VR
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