As an incumbent President of 8 yrs is prohibited from again being President, can the Vice President and President switch roles and run?
2007-06-19 02:15:28 · 16 answers · asked by roe j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
yes
2007-06-19 02:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Actually, there's nothing in the plain language of the 22nd Amendment that would prohibit Bush from running as a VP, then, if the ticket is elected, the President stepping down from office the day after the inauguration and Bush completing his term.
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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
All it says is that nobody shall be elected to the office of president more than twice, or once if that person has acted as president or held the office for more than two years of someone else's term. Thus, there is nothing specifically saying that Bush cannot run as a VP. And, once VP, he would be in line to take office if something happens to the president. All it says is that he can not be elected president again.
2007-06-19 03:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A VP of eight years or more can run for president. In fact, George H. Bush (senior) was VP for eight years under Ronald Reagan, who then followed with a successful campaign for President for one term. Al Gore who was VP for eight years ran unsuccessfully for President with the nomination of his party.
Can a VP and President switch after eight years? No. If a President serves two terms then the former President cannot run for VP. Why? because being second in command, it's possible that something unforeseen will demand that the VP step up into the President's shoes. The VP has to be eligible to be President as set forth by the US Constitution.
The US has plenty of examples of a VP moving up. Here are some examples: Assassination of Presidents (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy), dying in office of illness (FD Roosevelt, W H Harrison, Z Taylor) resignation (Nixon) have put Vice Presidents into the office of President.
A VP and President could switch if only one term was served by the President.
2007-06-19 02:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by Shanna S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:
"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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."
My interpretation is that VPs can run with no problem. Sitting presidents can even run as VP (it was suggested when Gore was running that Clinton be his VP), but will not be able to serve more than 2 years if the prez is incapacitated. In general, the limit is that no one can serve more than 10 years as a president. The actual running of a sitting Prez becoming a VP candidate wouldn't cause a constitutional crisis immediately: it just sets up the possibility of a big one.
2007-06-19 02:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by C.S. 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing prohibits a vice president from running for president.
2007-06-19 02:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by rog@home 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Al Gore ran for president after being VP for 8 years under Bill Clinton.
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2007-06-19 02:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by McClintock 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A VP can run for the Presidency. I don't know of any law that prohibits a President from nomination as VP, but since that's a serious demotion from his previous position, I can't imagine any President wanting to do it.
2007-06-19 02:17:54 · answer #7 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
They can, but Presidents do not usually hold any office after being President.
2007-06-19 02:41:49 · answer #8 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, George Bush the first did after being Reagan's VP for 8 years.
2007-06-19 02:30:01 · answer #9 · answered by pastor of muppets 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Al Gore ran in 2000
2007-06-19 02:27:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but if the VP who was once president should find himself in a position to replace the sitting president he would not be able to do so.
2007-06-19 02:19:45 · answer #11 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋