for former President Bill Clinton to be listed with her on the ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate?
2007-11-21 16:37:26 · 20 answers · asked by Banker 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It would not be legal. The 22nd amendment states, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice" And legally the office of the Vice President would also be considered the office of the President.
Therefore, no, he could not be elected to a third term to the office of the President (or Vice President) because he's already been elected to this office twice before.
2007-11-21 16:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is not constitutionally clear whether this is allowable or not, and there would be a lot of debate over it. Bill Clinton already addressed this and said himself there would be too much constitutional confusion and it is something they will not even consider.
The 22nd Amendment bars Presidents from being elected more than twice, or once if they served more than half of another president's term. This could be problematic. Say Hillary's elected and she has a stroke and dies in 6 months time. Bill would be sworn in as President, but by doing so would be going against the Constitution. Since he would be serving more than half of her term, he technically only had the right to have been elected once. It's convoluted I know, but that's part of the reason they won't do that. The other part is that Hillary does not need her husband as VP to hold her hand. She intends to build her own legacy, not continue his.
2007-11-21 16:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No it would not be legal because he does not qualify to be President; having already served 2 terms.
The Vice Presidents man job is to be ready to take the reigns if the President becomes incapacitated for any reason.
I do not know if there is any specific legislation that prevents him from being in the cabinet or any other part of the US government.
2007-11-21 16:58:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would be legal, but I do not agree that Bill could be President again if something happened to her. The law does not allow for a person to serve a third term as President, despite what some people have answered.
Not sure if putting him on the ticket is smart, though.... If elected to office, there would be an inevitable series of clashes over how things are to be done.
2007-11-21 16:53:41 · answer #4 · answered by fuzmaniac 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It could happen, but if it did, and something happened to her, he could only finish the term that he was in as President.
RockaSta...you do not know what you are talking about. Nobody who has served 2 terms can EVER run again as president.
Why would I get thumbs down for an answer which had absolutely no opinion involved, and it was 100% factual??? WTF???
fuzmania...whether you agree or not is irrelevant. It is not an opinion. It is a fact. You are wrong...Bill COULD become president again as stated.
Crabby...you are absolutely incorrect. There is NOTHING stating that he could not be VP, and there is nothing stating that he could not be elevated to president, just that he cannot be ELECTED.
Massive...ROFLMAO! Al Franken did not come up with anything, and I doubt he has ever READ the Constitution.
Elway...your own post contradicts itself. The Constitution states that a he could not be elected AFTER 1 1/2+ terms if the 1/2+ comes from succession to office. It does not say one thing about succession AFTER being twice elected. There is only debate on this among those who have no legal education. Fortunately, Hillary would never do that because she is all about her, and trying to get off of his coat tails, and would probably suspect that Bill would have her killed like he has other people who were a threat to him.
Polly...that is the dumbest argument on this that I have ever heard. The office of VP is not the office of pres. With that line of thinking, Bill Clinton could not be elected as any office in the long line of succession to president. Sorry, your illogic does not hold up.
2007-11-21 16:52:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Yep! No law says a former President couldn't be Vice President, and An elected President with him as The Vice could resign, making Bil # 1 Again. Al Franken Came up with that after many hours studying the Constitution.
2007-11-21 16:56:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
No. The Vice President msu t be able to succeed the President, and Bill Clinton has already served tdwo terms--he cannot again be President.
2007-11-21 16:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Anyone that told you yes needs to read the Constitution.
No, it would not be legal. Thank God!!!
2007-11-21 17:17:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately yes, However, it is not ethical nor the Dems Party should agree. First Woman President and if what you say happens, this is also the First Legal Conjugal Presidency not only in the US but in whole world. SCARY.....
2007-11-21 16:50:13 · answer #9 · answered by alecs 5 · 4⤊ 5⤋
I sure hope so. I'd love to have back what we all took for granted in the 90s. A cigar in some intern's **** is way more presidential than murdering our military over WMD that don't exist. Reality check:
Adultery: Hurts feelings
Murder: Kills innocent people
Next please.
2007-11-21 16:57:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋