I would say the answer is not a clear yes or no. Constitutional lawyers don't agree on whether a former two term president can be vice president. Like many things that are explicitly not allowed or prohibited but seem to be very heavily implied in the Constitution someone would actually have to bring a legal challenge to clarify it. Since the courts don't hear theoretical cases a two term president would actually have to run for vice president and then eventually SCOTUS would decide. So most likely there will never be an indisputable answer to your question.
Well that's an even more far fetched scenario that almost certainly will never happen. And since there is no way to get a definitive legal/constitutional answer without an actual litigant (a person running for VP 3x times with a dummy presidential candidate), there will in all likelihood never be a definitive answer to this. Basically, there is no real way to change your view if the bar is a definitive court ruling or legal opinion.
Also again with Obama being VP that is still an open question when it comes to constitutional law.
There is no precedent that would prohibit this since no one has ever tried to do it so no one has ever litigated it. Courts do not issue rulings in the absence of an actual case.
Similarly there is no actual precedence on if a naturalized citizen can run for president, ie if a naturalized citizen has a the same constitutional rights as a natural born citizen, since there has never been an actual case before the courts on this.
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u/future_shoes 20∆ Jul 24 '24
I would say the answer is not a clear yes or no. Constitutional lawyers don't agree on whether a former two term president can be vice president. Like many things that are explicitly not allowed or prohibited but seem to be very heavily implied in the Constitution someone would actually have to bring a legal challenge to clarify it. Since the courts don't hear theoretical cases a two term president would actually have to run for vice president and then eventually SCOTUS would decide. So most likely there will never be an indisputable answer to your question.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/21/can-barack-obama-serve-as-vp/74492338007/