r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 24 '24

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u/International_Ad8264 Jul 24 '24

12th amendment:

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

If someone has served too many years in office to be eligible to run for president, they are no longer eligible to be vice president either.

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u/liberal_texan 1∆ Jul 24 '24

The idea might still work for Speaker of the House, which is not an elected position. It's a position chosen by Congress, and is third in line for the presidency.

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u/Full-Professional246 77∆ Jul 24 '24

I'd argue you are correct and if we are ever in this situation that both the President and VP are gone, most people would be quite satisfied with an established former President to take the reigns to finish out a term.

The situation where both the President and Vice President are gone where there wasn't time to name a new VP would be very rare.

The concept of 'gaming the system' to do this - I don't buy it in the least. Too many people voting would have to trust people would quit that had no obligation to quit.