Caesar CXXXVII Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Can't find an answer to the question - Is there any ban on ex U.S. president (after one term, two terms and/or partial term) to run for vice president ? If there is no ban, he could serve more than the 10 years limit of the 22nd amendment (8 years + maximum two years of the former presidency) ! Just for the sake of clarity . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Can't find an answer to the question - Is there any ban on ex U.S. president (after one term, two terms and/or partial term) to run for vice president ? If there is no ban, he could serve more than the 10 years limit of the 22nd amendment (8 years + maximum two years of the former presidency) ! Just for the sake of clarity . I believe the 12th Amendment has that covered: "The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." -- 12th Amendment, U.S. Constitution "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once." -- 22nd Amendment, U.S. Constitution -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar CXXXVII Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Can't find an answer to the question - Is there any ban on ex U.S. president (after one term, two terms and/or partial term) to run for vice president ? If there is no ban, he could serve more than the 10 years limit of the 22nd amendment (8 years + maximum two years of the former presidency) ! Just for the sake of clarity . I believe the 12th Amendment has that covered: "The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." -- 12th Amendment, U.S. Constitution "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once." -- 22nd Amendment, U.S. Constitution -- Nephele But the Twelfth Amendment concerns qualification for service, while the Twenty-second Amendment concerns qualifications for election (Michael C. Dorf. "Why the Constitution permits a Gore-Clinton ticket", CNN Interactive and Scott E. Gant; Bruce G. Peabody (2006-06-13). "How to bring back Bill", Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved on 12 June 2008) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 But the Twelfth Amendment concerns qualification for service, while the Twenty-second Amendment concerns qualifications for election (Michael C. Dorf. "Why the Constitution permits a Gore-Clinton ticket", CNN Interactive and Scott E. Gant; Bruce G. Peabody (2006-06-13). "How to bring back Bill", Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved on 12 June 2008) Hopeful Democrats (for Clinton), hopeful Republicans (for Bush), and legal eagles notwithstanding, it seems to me that if a person is ineligible to serve in the office of U.S. President, then he must also be ineligible to be elected to that same office, or another office which would lead to the Presidency by default. But I'm not a constitutional lawyer. Nevertheless, for the time being it seems that the only existing "ban" consists of the unwillingness of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to challenge the wording of the 22nd Amendment. Until they (or some future, twice-elected President) decides to do so, I don't think we can have a definitive answer to that question. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar CXXXVII Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Nevertheless, for the time being it seems that the only existing "ban" consists of the unwillingness of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to challenge the wording of the 22nd Amendment. Until they (or some future, twice-elected President) decides to do so, I don't think we can have a definitive answer to that question. -- Nephele Yes. I agree, It is all very theoretical but who know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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