Bill Clinton could be president again!

Jarod

Jarod

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The 22nd amendment reads as follows...

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
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.


This only prohibits people from being elected. President Clinton could run as Senators V.P., then she could resign and he would be presidnet. Happy days are here again!
 
Jarod said:
The 22nd amendment reads as follows...

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
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.


This only prohibits people from being elected. President Clinton could run as Senators V.P., then she could resign and he would be presidnet. Happy days are here again!
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You only read the Amendment. One of the requirements to hold the office is you must be eligible to run for the Presidency, that is before the Amendments.

President Clinton could not run as a VP, for anybody, because he is no longer eligible to run for the office of President.

Secondly, the President and the VP could not be residents of the same state.
 
Damocles said:
You only read the Amendment. One of the requirements to hold the office is you must be eligible to run for the Presidency, that is before the Amendments.

President Clinton could not run as a VP, for anybody because he is no longer eligible to run for the office of President.
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Ahhh, there it is, I thought there was something. Thanks, Ill explain it to the guy who convenced me!
 
Jarod said:
The 22nd amendment reads as follows...

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
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.


This only prohibits people from being elected. President Clinton could run as Senators V.P., then she could resign and he would be presidnet. Happy days are here again!
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Yeah he would wave his magic Clinton "wand" and life for young interns would improve so much they would be on their knees thanking him...
 
Jarod said:
The 22nd amendment reads as follows...

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
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.


This only prohibits people from being elected. President Clinton could run as Senators V.P., then she could resign and he would be presidnet. Happy days are here again!
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Yeah... my guess is that

1) That ticket would not win. People would not support a wife/husband ticket.

2) If by some miracle it did... Hillary would never hand over control to Bill. EVER.
 
Ron Paul!

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Watermark said:
He could be elected speaker of the house, and the P and VP could resign at the same time.

And there are no requirements to "run" for the office of president, just to be elected to it.
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Just as Kissinger was excluded from the succession under Nixon, Clinton would also be excluded in this scenario.
 
Damocles said:
You only read the Amendment. One of the requirements to hold the office is you must be eligible to run for the Presidency, that is before the Amendments.

President Clinton could not run as a VP, for anybody, because he is no longer eligible to run for the office of President.

Secondly, the President and the VP could not be residents of the same state.
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"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."



It says that nobody shall hold the office of president in those cases. It doesn't say nobody who's incapable of running for president can hold the office. At the time this was written, these were the only restrictions for running and for holding, true. But the ammendment only placed restrictions on a person being actually elected, and the ammendment wasn't placed in this list.

I have no idea where you got that bogus constitutional argument.
 
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Twelth ammendment, but still, it's unclear, it would have to be decided by the supreme court:

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 or she could succeed from a lower position in the line of succession which he or she 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.
 
Jarod said:
The 22nd amendment reads as follows...

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
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.


This only prohibits people from being elected. President Clinton could run as Senators V.P., then she could resign and he would be presidnet. Happy days are here again!
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Don't they make you learn about the Constitution in law school?
 
Superfreak said:
Yeah... my guess is that

1) That ticket would not win. People would not support a wife/husband ticket.

2) If by some miracle it did... Hillary would never hand over control to Bill. EVER.
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Any reason she should?

Is that what we're supposed to do..."hand over control"?
 
Jarod said:
Ahhh, there it is, I thought there was something. Thanks, Ill explain it to the guy who convenced me!
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Aaahhhh...too bad....maybe your sig. needs a modification.....
As a matter of truth, I'm sure it needs modification...you're not half as smart as 99% of the people....
 
Watermark said:
"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."



It says that nobody shall hold the office of president in those cases. It doesn't say nobody who's incapable of running for president can hold the office. At the time this was written, these were the only restrictions for running and for holding, true. But the ammendment only placed restrictions on a person being actually elected, and the ammendment wasn't placed in this list.

I have no idea where you got that bogus constitutional argument.
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Read Amendment 12 first.

They both reside in New York. Number 1 reason why he could not run as VP with his wife because the VP and the President candidates cannot reside in the same state.

Amendment 12 ends with...

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
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Bill Clinton is not Constitutionally eligible to be President of the United states because he has already been for two terms and is therefore no longer eligible to run. Because of that, he cannot run as Vice President.

Got it?

He cannot run for Vice President because of limitations on requirements.
 
Damocles said:
Bill Clinton is not Constitutionally eligible to be President of the United states because he has already been for two terms and is therefore no longer eligible to run. Because of that, he cannot run as Vice President.

Got it?

He cannot run for Vice President because of limitations on requirements.
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My man G is laying down some law. No more Mr. Nice guy I see.
 
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