Note follow-ups. Note also this thread was initiated and seconded
by a troll who never posted anything previously to UseNet under
the same usernames.

Doug Miller wrote:
In article et,
wrote:

I'm no lawyer, so there is probably some one (probably a plethora of

someones) who knows more than I on this topic, but I see nothing
above
that would preclude Clinton (God forbid) from running as VP. As I
read
the 22nd, it uses the word "elected" president. I also re-read the
12th, but could not see how that would apply.

You might have missed it. Amendment 12 is kind of long-winded, and
it's in the
very last sentence:

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

And thus, since by Amendment 22, Clinton is no longer eligible to be
President, then by Amendment 12, he is not eligible to be Vice
President
either.

He may, however, ascend to the Presidency through the line of succesion
should he be Speaker of the House upon the simultaneous death of the
President and Vice President even though he cannot be elected to
either office.

The same prohibition that appears in Amendment 12 regarding election
does not appear in the later amendment providing for succession.
Probably NOT an oversight as, should both the President and Vice
President be simultaneously removed from office that would probably
occur during a national crisis in which it would be inadvisable to
pass over a person experienced as President in favor of someone
not so experienced.

Of course the precise wording of that sentence in Amendment 12
is not specific to election, but since the entire Amendment IS
specific to election one can reasonable infer that it applies
to election only and not to succession.

However, as a practical matter that issue will most likely never
arise as former Presidents seldom seek another office. The last
President to do so, that I can think of was Taft, who used the
Presidency as a stepping stone to realize his ambition to become
Chief Justice of the USSC. Befor Taft, John Quincy Adams had a
long career in the Congress after serving as President.


Could you explain it a bit more clearly so I can understand exactly
what
would preclude his running (other than good taste).

Technically, I guess nothing could stop him from *running*. But
Amendment 12
certainly prohibits him from being *inaugurated*.

I'd say it prohibits the Electoral College from voting for him for
either office, and should any electors do so, it would prohibit the
Congress from accepting those votes.

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FF