If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
If the president elect dies before taking the oath of office; who takes the oath of office on Jan. 20th?
Is it the vice-president elect?
Is it the loser in the presidential contest?
Is it the speaker of the house?
Do they give the job to the current vice president?
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
Is this a trivia question? I'd assume it would be the vice president elect taking over at the inaguration.
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Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
Well, it isn't 2, 3, or 4.
It might be none of the above.
Last edited by PeterMP; September-11th-2008 at 10:59 PM.
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
Originally Posted by Rdskns2000
"Section 3 of the 20th Amendment provides that if the President-elect dies before his or her term begins, the Vice President-elect becomes President on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the President-elect was elected. The section also provides that if, on Inauguration Day, a president has not been chosen or the President-elect does not qualify for the presidency, the Vice President acts as president until a president is chosen or the President-elect qualifies. Finally, Section 3 allows the Congress to provide by law for cases in which neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect is eligible or available to serve."*
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
How about this one? If Obama is elected President, and dies in a car accident before taking the oath (a la Princess Diana) does Joe Biden then get sworn in as the President? This is for all libs who want to keep making McCain's age an issue. Yeah, keep talking about him McCain dying and I'll keep talking about Obama dying too.....
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
yeah, he's still got to worry about Hillary.
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
the next in line has to qualify for the president requirements
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
Thanks.
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
That idea (McCain dying) has gone from something to consider to a definite. And the timeline has just moved up also.
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
What if Obama wins the election and is the president elect but doesn't die like McCain but actually lives to take the oath? Who becomes president? Obama? That prospect gives me the shivers.
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
I'll have to dust off my old college gov't textbook, but i'm pretty sure it's Brett Favre...
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Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
What should give us all shivers is no matter who wins ,Pelosi is two heartbeats away from the presidency.
I propose a requirement that after the election the VP and POTUS are required to remain in separate areas and not travel together.
Just to be safe
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Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
People are more comfortable with Biden being President than Palin. You would really trust Palin with the nuclear codes? You would really trust Palin with our country without any hesitation? You trust her staring down Putin?
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
Yes..you can doubt her knowledge,but I trust her judgment as much or more than Biden.
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“These are the ideas that people come to America to get away from.”Rubio
How should society view a cure for a ailment of limited duration that takes another's life to 'cure'?
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion. ...Dean Inge
Re: If the president elect dies before taking the oath; who becomes president?
Read the fine print, that only happens if John Madden is the VP elect...
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