can Bill be the next vice Prez?

Question

i asked this Q before, but i would like to clarify my Q,
in the constitution it says a President cannot be ELECTED for more than two (and a half) terms, but does that negate those who come into the Presidency unelected more than twice
(etc. with all the pertinent details.)
Therefore, perhaps it is legal for Bill to be the next VP, what do you think?
also, what are your opinions regarding Clinton being a VP alongside Hillary?

Answer 1

Yes he can, but if he became President due to death or incapcity of the President he could only serve out the remaining term and not run for Prez again in his own right.

If you are thinking Hillary might pick him, she won't, that wouldn't set well with a lot of folk and it is not a smart political move. I have no doubt he wuld be active in her presidency as she was in his and as almost all firsr ladies have been. In this case he would be first Gentleman.

Answer 2

Of course he could. It matters not what the Constitution states. No politician or judge except Ron Paul pays any attention to the Constitution.

Bill being VP would not bother the Republicans should Hillary be elected president. However, if elected and Hillary nominates Bill as Chief Justice or even Justice of the Supreme Court, the Republicans will go ballistic.

Answer 3

Actually he can't be elected vice prez either...
He's not allowed to serve in an electable part of the executive branch anymore..
Hillary already said that she would make him an "ambassador to the world"..
That seems like a good role, since we know he wouldn't play the role of first lady,,
if it was possible for him to be vp, then i think the ticket would get a whole lot of votes..

Answer 4

aside the Constitutional limitations...I don't think H. would put B. in any appointment judicial or cabinet. It would look too much like cronyism as well as dependency on her part. She's going to have to appear to be able to think for herself to get this position and retain any credibility once there. She can't have any chance of someone foreshadow her, therefore I believe she will choose a very politically weak, obscure but competent VP. God knows she needs some competence on her side!

Answer 5

No. The Vice President's primary function is to replace the President if need be. Billy boy can't do that. You can't be elected to half a term, so I question your source.

You can't serve more than 2 and a half terms, and the partial term has to be first.

Answer 6

No he cannot.

The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires the vice president to meet the same eligibility requirements as the president. That is, the vice president must be at least 35 years of age, a natural born citizen, and a resident of the U.S. for 14 years. The Twenty-second Amendment limits the president to only two terms in office. (Any period of service in the office of president, having succeeded from the vice presidency, counts as one term if it is for two years or more.) Thus, the maximum number of years a person may serve as president is ten years (two full four-year terms and one two-year term having succeeded to the presidency). Once a person is ineligible for the office of president, he is also ineligible for the office of vice president.


22nd amendment

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. 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.

Section 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.

Answer 7

I wouldn't rule out Bill's appointment by a candidate other than
Hillary. The White House is a very large place and requires
a large amount of dusting, and cleaning. This may become
a decision factor for Bill.

Answer 8

The 12th Amendment says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President."

Answer 9

No. No person ineligible to become President can become Vice President.

Answer 10

He seems to have some experience as Pres and he may have enough experience at vice...yes?