I read recently about a 'dream team' for the next Presidential election: Mayor Michael Bloomberg as President and Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Vice President. I assume this can never happen because all Presidential candidates must be citizens of the US, which would, by necessity, include all Vice Presidential candidates.Is this a fact? Please include your source of information.
2007-07-28 10:17:18 · 13 answers · asked by Jack C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The President of the United States has to be more than simply a citizen of the United States he/she must be NATURAL BORN citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years old and have lived in the United States for at least the last 14 years (Constitution, Article II).
The VP must be qualified to be President to take that office should the need arise (this is also in the Constitution in Article II).
2007-07-28 11:11:16 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The Vice President becomes the President, should the circumstances arise and only natural born American citizens can the President. For instance, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the next in line of succession after the VP. However, the Speakier does not have to be a natural born citizen. For this reason, the line of succession will be breached and bypass the Speaker if s/he is not a natural born citizen.
2007-07-28 11:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by KCNY1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The newly elected president does not get to appoint a vice president, the vice president is elected at the same time as the president and must meet all the same qualifications as the president , which means you must be a natural born citizen of the U.S. , which leaves Arnold out.
2007-07-28 10:27:33 · answer #3 · answered by jim h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can never happen due to the US Constitution's provision that you have to be a natural - born citizen. So even being appointed would not allow you past that. So Arnold could never be President or serve as Vice President since this is the second in line to President
2007-07-28 10:48:57 · answer #4 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to the Constitution, the Vice President must be eligible to be the President, meaning that because Schwarzenegger cannot be president, he also could not be the Vice President.
2007-07-28 10:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by Bryan F 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know you have to be a BORN citizen of the United Sates, Arnold is not and it does not matter if you are naturalized or not....You must be a born American for president and vice president.
2007-07-28 10:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by Robin L 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The vice-President has to be born in the US. Arnold could not be a V-P. He was born in Austria.
I cannot imagine a worse ticket: Bloomberg and Arnold.
Source: US Constitution.
2007-07-28 10:25:34 · answer #7 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
won't be able to be President or vp (actually the case would be made that they might functionality vice-president because it quite is no longer clean if the twenty 2d exchange supercedes the 12th yet that would could be desperate in a courtroom). The can serve in Congress, in a cupboard, or as a appropriate courtroom decide (William Taft did that).
2016-10-09 12:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by yearby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be a citizen of USA to hold a public office, and a natural born citizen of USA to be the prez/ or VP.
You can read the U.S. Constitution
2007-07-28 10:22:08 · answer #9 · answered by RICARDVS VII 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, since he would have to be born in the US. If president is incapacitated, VP is president by default, but can't be. Good question, hope we never have to find out.
2007-07-28 10:22:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋