Should Bill Clinton run for Vice President?

Question

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Answer 1

He can't be. He is ineligible for becoming Vice President, considering that he had run for Presidential terms twice.

Answer 2

Yes, Bill Clinton could run as Hillary s Vice-Presidential running mate. Assuming Bill maintained his continuous residency in the U.S., he would meet all the Constitutional eligibility requirements for being President (age, "natural born" citizenship, etc.). Therefore, Bill could run for Vice-President. Although Bill could not be elected to the Presidency again, he could become President without an election by succeeding Hillary if she died or otherwise couldn t complete her term. Since the Constitution (i.e., the 22nd Amendment) only prohibits someone from being elected President more than twice, Bill s ascension to the Presidency without an election would not be unconstitutional.

Answer 3

You actually raise an interesting question. Can he legally? An excerpt from Wikipedia:

The relationship between the 22nd and 12th amendments:
Some have questioned the interpretation of the Twenty-second Amendment as it relates to the Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, which provides that "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."[8]

While it is clear that under the Twelfth Amendment the original constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship, and residency apply to both the president and vice president, it is unclear if a two-term president could later be elected—or appointed—vice president. Some argue that the Twenty-second Amendment and Twelfth Amendment bar any two-term president from later serving as vice president as well as from succeeding to the presidency from any point in the United States Presidential line of succession.

Others contend that while a two-term president is ineligible to be elected or appointed to the office of Vice President, he could succeed from a lower position in the line of succession which he is not excluded from holding.

Others contend that the Twelfth Amendment concerns qualification for service, while the Twenty-second Amendment concerns qualifications for election. Neither theory has ever been tested, as no former president has ever sought the vice presidency, and thus, the courts have never had an opportunity to decide the question.

Answer 4

No, he really can't. He isn't going to serve in any capacity in close succession to the Presidency because according to the Constitution he only has a two year leeway left in which he could be President should something awful happen. In that scenario, we would have to hold an interim Presidential election if he took over when there was more than two years left in the term.

Answer 5

No, he would probably be behind the plot to off his wife if he were Vice President.

How would that work, now that I think about it. Would he be allowed to become the President? I mean I'm not sure how the law would deal with a situation like that, with the 2 term limit.

Answer 6

He can't run for vice president. Having been president he is not eligible.

Answer 7

You don't "run" for Vice-President...VP-running mates are chosen by the winning Presidentail candidate after the Primary.

Answer 8

Lets get rid of the Clinton's and the Bush's .

Answer 9

He should keep making speeches. He makes tons of dough that way. Why go back to the mess in Washington?

Answer 10

Sure.. And let's propose to make Chelsea Secretary of State. Three down with one blow.