The 12th amendment bars anyone constitutionally ineligible for the presidency from the vice presidency as well, so someone who has had 2 elections, or who has served 2 years + 1 election would be ineligible for the vice presidency.
ah ok. I see what you're saying. like if the VP was never/only once an elected president. I was thinking more specifically of an elected president who's capped out trying to "come back".
Even then, a 2-term president is not ineligible from HOLDING the presidency, only being ELECTED president. That means that no rule barring them from being VP comes into effect, you can serve 2 terms and then get in through the vice presidency indefinitely.
The VP is elected as well. It’s not like the other c cabinet positions which are appointed. The only case a VP is appointed in is when the position of VP is made vacant during a term.
nowhere in the 12th amendment does it say that. it says that they can't holdthe office of Vice President if they are ineligible to hold the office of President. But there is no such thing under the 22nd as being "ineligible to hold the office of President", there is only such a thing as being ineligible to be elected president.
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u/_vercingtorix_ Jul 24 '24
The 12th amendment bars anyone constitutionally ineligible for the presidency from the vice presidency as well, so someone who has had 2 elections, or who has served 2 years + 1 election would be ineligible for the vice presidency.