Anyone can be Vice President of the United States, even if they aren't qualified to be President.

[Stormy Daniels]

The constitution specifies qualifications for President. It prescribes qualifications for Senators. It prescribes qualifications for Representatives. It is silent on qualifications for Vice President.

The constitution is apparently silent on qualifications to be a Justice of the Supreme Court. The only thing close to qualifications are method for selection that the constitution prescribes. This is also true for members of the Cabinet. It's questionable whether these constitute qualifications in the same way as the constitutional qualifications for members of Congress and for the President are. Based on this, we see that the constitution did not intend to establish qualifications for all key federal offices that it created.

The constitution empowers Congress to make laws for Presidential succession. Under those laws, the the Speaker, the President pro tem of the Senate, and the members of the Cabinet are all potential successors to the Presidency in the event of vacancies and/or disabilities. None of these people are required to meet the qualifications for the Presidency. Indeed, immigrant Henry Kissinger was once Secretary of State--the first Cabinet position in the line of succession--and he most certainly would never have qualified to serve as President. Had something happened that caused the line of succession to devolve to him, it would skip over him due to lack of qualification, and passed to the next in line.

For these reasons, there is no logical basis to assume qualifications for Vice President that are not explicitly stated in the constitution. There are, in fact, no qualifications for Vice President of the United States. The constitution only prescribes a method for selection. A person may serve as Vice President even if they don't qualify to serve as President, and in the event that they might otherwise succeed to the Presidency, succession will pass over them to the next lawfully prescribed individual who qualifies.

 

[DGS49]

Wrong. The VP is implicitly eligible to become President at any moment. If s/he doesn't meet the criteria for President, s/he cannot be elected VP.

Make up another issue. THis one doesn't work.

 

[Auld Phart]

The 12th Amendment also specifies that the qualifications required to serve as vice president are the same as those required to serve as president: the candidate must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, must be at least 35 years old, and is required to have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

 

[ColonelAngus]

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.[1]

The Twelfth Amendment also lowered the number of candidates eligible to be selected by the House in a presidential contingent election from five to three, established that the Senate would hold a contingent election for vice president if no candidate won a majority of the vice presidential electoral vote, and provided that no individual constitutionally ineligible to the office of president would be eligible to serve as vice president.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Wrong. The VP is implicitly eligible to become President at any moment. If s/he doesn't meet the criteria for President, s/he cannot be elected VP.

Where does it say that in the constitution?

 

[whitehall]

The V.P. is presumed to be the heir apparent of an administration so the Founding Fathers presumed that administrations would pick a qualified V.P. The problem the F.F. didn't anticipate was that the media would become the propaganda arm of an administration and thoroughly unqualified V.P. candidates would be promoted as viable presidential material.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

The 12th Amendment also specifies that the qualifications required to serve as vice president are the same as those required to serve as president: the candidate must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, must be at least 35 years old, and is required to have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Camel Toe proved that.

Worthless

 

[Foxfyre]

Where does it say that in the constitution?

Don't you read anybody's posts responding to yours? By implication, anyone who will become President must be qualified to be President. That's just common sense.

And the 12th Amendment spells it out.

 

[Orangecat]

The founding fathers never considered the level of stupidity illustrated by the OP.

Perhaps that’s why the Constitution says nothing about the fed-gov providing public education.

 

[WorldWatcher]

The constitution specifies qualifications for President. It prescribes qualifications for Senators. It prescribes qualifications for Representatives. It is silent on qualifications for Vice President.

The last sentence of the 12th Amendment: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

WW

 

[Lakhota]

The constitution specifies qualifications for President. It prescribes qualifications for Senators. It prescribes qualifications for Representatives. It is silent on qualifications for Vice President.

The constitution is apparently silent on qualifications to be a Justice of the Supreme Court. The only thing close to qualifications are method for selection that the constitution prescribes. This is also true for members of the Cabinet. It's questionable whether these constitute qualifications in the same way as the constitutional qualifications for members of Congress and for the President are. Based on this, we see that the constitution did not intend to establish qualifications for all key federal offices that it created.

The constitution empowers Congress to make laws for Presidential succession. Under those laws, the the Speaker, the President pro tem of the Senate, and the members of the Cabinet are all potential successors to the Presidency in the event of vacancies and/or disabilities. None of these people are required to meet the qualifications for the Presidency. Indeed, immigrant Henry Kissinger was once Secretary of State--the first Cabinet position in the line of succession--and he most certainly would never have qualified to serve as President. Had something happened that caused the line of succession to devolve to him, it would skip over him due to lack of qualification, and passed to the next in line.

For these reasons, there is no logical basis to assume qualifications for Vice President that are not explicitly stated in the constitution. There are, in fact, no qualifications for Vice President of the United States. The constitution only prescribes a method for selection. A person may serve as Vice President even if they don't qualify to serve as President, and in the event that they might otherwise succeed to the Presidency, succession will pass over them to the next lawfully prescribed individual who qualifies.

Well, we'll test that if Trump choses his youngest son for VP.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Well, we'll test that if Trump choses his youngest son for VP.

You're daffy but Trump could

 

[eagle1462010]

Cool. I Nominate John the Port o let man. He cant weld. He cant fitm But you can bet your ass he knows his shit.

 

[Catsnmeters]

The last sentence of the 12th Amendment: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

WW

Thanks.

As usual your post is accurate, succinct and non partison.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Thanks.

: redface :

WW

 

[rightwinger]

Camel Toe proved that.

Worthless

Yours is bigger

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Well, we'll test that if Trump choses his youngest son for VP.

Baron is 35????

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Don't you read anybody's posts responding to yours? By implication, anyone who will become President must be qualified to be President. That's just common sense.

Implications are not law.

 

[BluesLegend]

Anyone can be Vice President of the United States, even if they aren't qualified to be President​

Joe Biden for example.