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

Duh, that's my point.


Your only 'point' is your nose.....

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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.
Which means Trump will pick some moron who's had their head buried up his ass & is ready, willing & able to take on the role as his Second In Command Lackey.
 
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.
How stupid of you.
 

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