Can a former president with two terms in office be a vice president?

Answer 1

article 22 says a president or vice president can only be elected to two terms. if bill clinton being elected president twice. he was never elected vice president. he can be elected vice-prersident, and assume the presidency with the 25th amendment. but cant run for re-election

Answer 2

I believe the answer is no, but it may not be 100% clear (not having been attempted nor challenged since the 22nd Amendment).

The last sentence of the 12th Amendment (Ratified on 6/15/1804) says:
"But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

The relevant part of the 22nd Amendment (Ratified 2/27/1951) says:
"
Section 1. 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. ..."
(Section 2 and the rest of Section 1 deal with ratification, and the people in office at ratification, so are omitted here)

By the 22nd, someone who has served two terms as president "shall not be elected to the office of President". I believe most courts would decide this means he is "constitutionally ineligible to the office of President" and therefore, by the 12th, not "eligible to that [the office] of Vice-President".

One could argue that the 22nd only states "shall not be elected to the office of President" as opposed to "is not eligible to the office of President", and hence is eligible to become President if not elected, and therefore not barred from becoming Vice-President. The chances of any court accepting that argument would seem highly unlikely.

Answer 3

He cannot be elected VP, because one of the requirements of the position is that one must be Constitutionally eligible to be President. However, it's conceivable that a former 2-term President could be appointed VP with less than 2 years remaining on the current President's term, because then he couldn't go past the maximum of 10 years as President.

Answer 4

No. Vice Presidents could meet all the eligibility standards of being a president (in case they might desire to take over because of the president's loss of life or resignation). Having already achieved 2 words as president, then the guy in question might no longer qualify for the two the presidency or vice presidency. Eligibility and term regulations are defined by the 20 th and twenty 2d Amendments.

Answer 5

A former President can become a Vice President because there is no probihition as provided for in the Constitution.

Answer 6

There's no law against it, but the opposition party would howl about the ramifications of the elected president having to leave office and thus having to promote the vice-president. So, it might be plausible to try such an arrangement, it would be political suicide without having a method to steal the election getting into office.

Answer 7

Yes. A president can't serve beyond two consecutive elected terms. He can be a VP. Usually, ex-presidents are so beat up physically if they do serve 8-years that they probably wouldn't want to be a part of the Executive branch anymore.

Answer 8

yes, and unlike the person that answered above me who is wrong, that VP could take over if the President becomes unable to serve, they could not run in the following election. Because technically they would serving the remaining term of the former president.

Answer 9

Yes they can. In the event, something happens to the president, that office reverts to the Speaker of the House though and not the VP...

Answer 10

Yes but cannot succeed to president.