If the President has already served 2 terms in office, can he be elected vice-president? If he can, then will he become president again if the current one in office dies or is unable to perform his duty?
2006-08-21 05:44:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No.
22nd 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."
12th Amendment: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
Since a two-term president is constitutionally ineligible to be president again under the 22nd, the 12th bars him/her from being vice-president.
And for the record, the Vice-President isn't appointed, he's elected. Again, quoting the 12th Amendment: "The person having the greatest number of [electoral] votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President..." That's why the Vice Presidential candidates are on the ballot.
2006-08-21 05:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A person can only serve as president for a total of 2 1/2 terms or 10 years. So if he has already served 2 full terms then he cannot be elected to the office of vice president because if the current president dies in office within the first year or two the vice president would have to be president for longer then the 10 year limit.
I hope that makes since.
2006-08-21 12:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one who has served more than 1 and a half terms as president (6 years) can be president. If a former president served say two terms then later became vice president, he could not become president even if the sitting president died.
2006-08-21 13:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Only someone who is eligible to be president can be elected Vice President. A person who has been president for a period of 6 years plus one day he is no longer eligible to run for president again and may not be elected vice president either. If he had served out the term of a previous president and served less than 2 years he could be nominated for vice president. if he served out less than 2 years of a previous presidents term and then 4 years of his own term he would be eligible to be elected vice president but in the event of the presidents death would only be eligible to serve out the remaining term and not run for election on his own.
2006-08-21 13:01:04 · answer #4 · answered by sampul55 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting question. Seems like there is no direct answer - but from what I understand if the current president dies and the vice president takes over, he/she is not elected (as the replacement president) but appointed and that is possible according to the 22nd amendment.
2006-08-21 12:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by WhoMe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no limit on Vice President terms, and a former president CAN become vice president. HOWEVER, if the president then leaves office for any reason, the Speaker of the House becomes president.
2006-08-21 12:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes that is a possibility. However, people who had been elected as president seldom run again for another elective office for two simple and obvious reasons. First, running for another elective office would appear to be a demotion of his previous position. Second, it seems running again would somehow lose your previous title or at least being called as an ex-president.
2006-08-21 12:56:45 · answer #7 · answered by MenudoPie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK, here's something even scarier... It has been said that W didn't win the first election, and may have stolen the second. Therefore he is elligible to run at least one more time!
I don't know the answer to your question, but the VP isn't elected, right? And there has been precedent that a President can appoint whomever he wants as VP (subject to Congress approval(?)). So, even if he isn't on the ticket, my gut tells me he can serve as President, even though he can't be elected.
Now I'm going to go throw up... Thanks!
2006-08-21 12:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by InjunRAIV 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes he can it is not the same office and technically yes although I highly doubt a two-term president would ever run for VP
2006-08-21 12:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by Carey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he cannot be elected vp, if both the president and the vp die while in office then i think it the speaker of the house who takes over....go to whitehouse.gov and there should be some links on there to tell you what the order is...also check out the barney and mrs. beasley videos they are cute and funny...(barney and mrs. beasley are the white dogs)
2006-08-21 12:51:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋