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@suzianne saidCurrently, 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.
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.
@ponderable saidInterestingly, 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."
...and of course a newly installed president will choose a VP...
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 saidThe 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.
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?
@suzianne saidhttps://qz.com/1959985/what-happens-if-joe-biden-dies-after-the-inauguration/
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.
Right you are. I flunked my civics test.
@hakima saidJoe is alive and kicking.
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.
@suzianne saidFun fact: the man third in the line of presidential succession has been in five Batman movies. For real.
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://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/senator-patrick-leahy-batman-trnd/index.html
@ghost-of-a-duke saidOkay, now that was funny!
Holy cat's derby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5hRPy-pDsY
@moonbus saidRonald Reagan 40th President was an Actor.
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
Donald Trump 45th President was a business man.
So really not a big surprise!
-VR