Could A Past President Become Vice President?

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Who says he can’t run for VP? He can.

Nope.

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

12th amendment

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Oddly, Trump's judicial nominee had a very hard time answering whether or not Trump was eligible to run again.

Looks like the average youtube-educated USMB poster is more qualified for the bench than Trump's nominee.

 

[BackAgain]

No he wouldn’t be

There’s a little thing called the 22nd amendment

Which I’ve discussed quite a bit.

And it is for that very reason, in fact, that I am right.

He has the eligibility to serve two more years. And there is no disqualification based on anything such as impeachment with conviction, or age, or status as a natural born citizen.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I've heard different answers for this. Me personally, I love Trump's policies but I'm sick and tired of his mouth. However, I wouldn't really complain if he could become vice president either. Although I'm really hoping for a Vance and Rubio ticket in 2028.

Yes he could because Trump isn’t constitutionally ineligible to serve as president — only to be elected president. So if Vance won, and Trump was VP and then Vance resigned, Trump would become VP because he's not being elected but he's eligible. The only way to stop this is to change the wording in the 22nd Amendment.

 

[braalian]

Which I’ve discussed quite a bit.

And it is for that very reason, in fact, that I am right.

He has the eligibility to serve two more years. And there is no disqualification based on anything such as impeachment with conviction, or age, or status as a natural born citizen.

His ineligibility to serve two more years as POTUS also makes him automatically ineligible to be VP

What about this are you not understanding?

Obama and Clinton and Bush Jr also cannot ever run as VP

 

[BackAgain]

OK thats fair. I am assuming he finishes his current term.

I am, too.

He will have had two full terms at that point. So he would no longer be eligible to run for the Presidency.

But that doesn’t mean he can’t complete the final (up to) two full years of the elected President’s term, should Trump be the Vice President.

 

[BlindBoo]

Benedict Donald has been elected twice, so he cannot,

 

[BlindBoo]

After serving 2 full terms, they are not eligible.

Presidents are ineligible, after being elected a second time, no matter how much of the second term they serve.

 

[braalian]

should Trump be the Vice President.

For Christ’s sake, he CANNOT be vice president

He will not be eligible for that office after he completes his second term as president

 

[BackAgain]

His ineligibility to serve two more years as POTUS also makes him automatically ineligible to be VP

Wrong. He is eligible for up to two more years. (Ie, if he runs for VP, wins that post and his elected running mate dies).

You (and others)?insist that he can’t. But that’s not what the Amendment, itself, says.

What about this are you not understanding?

I’m the one who understands. It’s you who isn’t getting it.

Obama and Clinton and Bush Jr also cannot ever run as VP

Sure they could. Just as, hypothetically, President Trump could.

But they, too, could only serve for up to two more years.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

He has the eligibility to serve two more years.

The loophole. 100% Trump will attemp it.

 

[BackAgain]

Nope.

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

12th amendment

Wrong again, Farty. Try to follow along.

He isn’t ineligible to be President. He isn’t perhaps eligible to serve more than two years if his elected running-mate dies in office. But there is nothing in the Constitution saying he couldn’t serve those two years.

He remains eligible to serve as President — albeit with a two year limit.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Probably lying a moot conversation anyway. I would say the odds of the Republicans winning that election are roughly zero, give or take zero.

 

[Meister]

It's my understanding that A VP who takes over the presidency
if the president died or something like that, (LBJ), can also run for the
presidency for two terms. LBJ served 1 1/2 terms and refused to
run for a second term.

 

[BlindBoo]

He isn’t ineligible to be President.

He is ineligible to run for President or Vice President again. It would take some pretty illiberal shenanigans to place him in either office again. I don't put it passed them in the future, but not for that Fat/Rat B'astard!

 

[BlindBoo]

It's my understanding that A VP who takes over the presidency
if the president died or something like that, (LBJ), can also run for the
presidency for two terms. LBJ served 1 1/2 terms and refused to
run for a second term.

They have to serve less than two years to be able to run twice on their own.

 

[braalian]

Wrong again, Farty. Try to follow along.

He isn’t ineligible to be President. He isn’t perhaps eligible to serve more than two years if his elected running-mate dies in office. But there is nothing in the Constitution saying he couldn’t serve those two years.

He remains eligible to serve as President — albeit with a two year limit.

Explain how he can run to be VP when, by definition, anyone ineligible to run for president is also ineligible to run for VP

 

[WorldWatcher]

What you quoted is a requirement to be "ELECTED" President

Correct.

Is he eligible to be elected to another term?

As President? No.

Can he be elected to another office and assume the Presidency due to vacacny?

If you read the text of the Constitution, it seems so.

WW

 

[WorldWatcher]

If you cant run for president because you already served 2 terms, you are not eligible to be president.
1+1 =2.

There are only 3 constitutional requirements to become president.

There is a limitation on being elected to the office, the loophole is there is not a limit on being elected to another office and assuming the Presidency due to a vacancy.

WW

 

[Meathead]

Presidents are ineligible, after being elected a second time, no matter how much of the second term they serve.

That is incorrect. LBJ could have run in 1968 since he had served less than 2 years before his first full term. For health reasons he opted not to.

Withdrawal of Lyndon B. Johnson from the 1968 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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