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TinMan
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The 22nd Amendment still guts him. Notice the phrasing.
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The 22nd Amendment still guts him. Notice the phrasing. \"two years of a term to which some other person was elected President\"
It doesn\'t stipulate when or how that person was elected to presidency, IE someone being elected years later via House election, since the Constitution refers to them as electors, still counts against him.
It also doesn\'t matter if no one was elected to the presidential term. The 10 year limit is against the vice president serving a term that isn\'t their own, regardless of who did or did not win it.
Edit: And I was right. The season finale shows the House isn\'t going to hold another vote, leaving the presidency vacant and it\'s outright stated whoever wins the Senate vote will become the president, not an acting president. I\'m going to re-add the entry with some modifications.
It doesn\'t stipulate when or how that person was elected to presidency, IE someone being elected years later via House election, since the Constitution refers to them as electors, still counts against him.
It also doesn\'t matter if no one was elected to the presidential term. The 10 year limit is against the vice president serving a term that isn\'t their own, regardless of who did or did not win it.
Edit: And I was right. The season finale shows the House isn\'t going to hold another vote, leaving the presidency vacant and it\'s outright stated whoever wins the Senate vote will become the president, not an acting president. I\'m going to re-add the entry with some modifications.
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The 22nd Amendment still guts him. Notice the phrasing.
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The 22nd Amendment still guts him. Notice the phrasing. \"two years of a term to which some other person was elected President\"
It doesn\'t stipulate when or how that person was elected to presidency, IE someone being elected years later via House election, since the Constitution refers to them as electors, still counts against him.
Edit: And I was right. The season finale shows the House isn\'t going to hold another vote, leaving the presidency vacant and it\'s outright stated whoever wins the Senate vote will become the president, not an acting president. I\'m going to re-add the entry with some modifications.
It doesn\'t stipulate when or how that person was elected to presidency, IE someone being elected years later via House election, since the Constitution refers to them as electors, still counts against him.
Edit: And I was right. The season finale shows the House isn\'t going to hold another vote, leaving the presidency vacant and it\'s outright stated whoever wins the Senate vote will become the president, not an acting president. I\'m going to re-add the entry with some modifications.
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It all depends on what the House does. If they don't reconvene and announce they're not going to, and considering the stakes they would have to announce their intentions, then there's a permanent vacancy and James formally succeeds.
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The 22nd Amendment still guts him. Notice the phrasing. \"two years of a term to which some other person was elected President\"
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If they do reconvene and choose a president, then there's the question of whether their term is backdated or not and James' time as acting president counts against him.
Either way, James is in for one hell of a constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court.
Either way, James is in for one hell of a constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court.
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It doesn\'t stipulate when or how that person was elected to presidency, IE someone being elected years later via House election, since the Constitution refers to them as electors, still counts against him.
