2007-01-24 04:05:26 · 16 answers · asked by Michael T 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I know that if the president and vice president are both incapacitated on some way, the speaker of the house is in charge. I'm not sure about resignation of the vice president.
2007-01-24 04:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by fat_albert_999 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Essentially, the Speaker of the House is next in line for succession should the Vice President resign, but they are still Speaker of the House and not called Acting Vice President or Vice President.
If the President did die in office before he could nominate a Vice President, then the Speaker of the House would "skip" a level and become President.
The closest we've ever had to this scenario was when Andrew Johnson assumed the Presidency after Lincoln's assassination, and there was no provision for appointing a Vice President. That would come a hundred years leader with the 22nd Amendment. When Johnson was impeached by the Senate, he was acquitted by one vote. Had he been removed from office, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate would've become President. That position is now right behind the Speaker of the House in the line of succession that was adopted in the 20th century.
There have been two Vice Presidents who resigned. The first was John Calhoun, resigning to become a senator from his home state of South Carolina because he believed he had more power in that position. In this case, there was no replacement nominated because such a power to the President had not been given in the Constitution.
The second was Spiro Agnew, resigning in 1973. Since the 22nd Amendment had been ratified in the 1960s, it gave the President to nominate someone as a replacement, who turned out to be Gerald Ford.
If another resignation happens, the same process would begin, and the candidate would be subject to Senate approval. Due to the oftentimes volatile situations beteween a Republican President and a Democratic Congress, the nominee would probably have to be someone who hasn't stepped on too many toes in order to succeed in the nomination and become Vice President.
2007-01-24 12:13:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The President appoints a new vice-president if the sitting VP resigns.
The only way that the Dragon Lady Pelosi would ascend to a higher office is if BOTH the President and the Vice President either resign at once or are killed.
And don't get your hopes up, all you Democratic Clinton-loving Bush haters, it ain't gonna happen.
2007-01-24 12:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Cheney resigns no one automatically becomes vice president. The president will nominate a new vice president. Look up Gerald Ford because this was how he became vice president before going on to become president.
2007-01-24 12:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by 2craz4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The President appoints someone, then it has to be approved by congress. Cheney wont resign.
2007-01-24 12:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by E-Razz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The President appoints a new one, like when Nixon appointed Ford after Agnew's resignation.
2007-01-24 12:09:06 · answer #6 · answered by Draco Paladin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Resigns? could be appointed by the President I'm pretty sure
2007-01-24 12:08:25 · answer #7 · answered by Tim H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Majority Leader Pelosi,
then Sec. Rice,
then Tres. Sec. Paulson
2007-01-24 12:10:30 · answer #8 · answered by Rob Lowe 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
President appoints one. A good bet would be a cabinet member, how about Condoleeza Rice?
2007-01-24 12:08:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lil ole grannie{speaker of the house} Yes, darlin a woman
2007-01-24 12:08:25 · answer #10 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋