Then it just goes to the President pro tempore of the Senate. There is a whole line of succession. If there is no Speaker, it just skips over the Speaker.
On 9/11 terrorists apparently avoided the largest, most significant and symbolic target in Washington, the Capitol Building, and somehow decided to crash into a narrow wedge of the Pentagon, where they were looking for Rumsfeld's missing $2.3 trillion dollars.
The Shanksville PA plane wasn't intended for a field in Shanksville PA. It was headed for the Capitol.
They wanted to take out the seats of power: economic (WTC), military (Pentagon), and govt (Capitol)
Interestingly (and fortunately), bin Laden had nixed the original plan of 10 planes, which would have included LA and the Sears Tower in Chicago, because of overly complicated logistics.
EDIT: If only downvotes could change basic facts...LOL
Except that neither the Speaker nor the President Pro Tempore are constitutionally eligible to ascend to POTUS because neither is an "Officer of the USA."
Doesn't matter what the current succession statute says. It would be unconstitutional. Legally, the next down the list after VP, is Sec of State.
Then it just goes to the President pro tempore of the Senate. There is a whole line of succession. If there is no Speaker, it just skips over the Speaker.
If a missile strikes DC and takes out Congress, I think we’ll be in either a Designated Survivor or martial law situation.
We should be so incredibly lucky
On 9/11 terrorists apparently avoided the largest, most significant and symbolic target in Washington, the Capitol Building, and somehow decided to crash into a narrow wedge of the Pentagon, where they were looking for Rumsfeld's missing $2.3 trillion dollars.
riiiight....
The Shanksville PA plane wasn't intended for a field in Shanksville PA. It was headed for the Capitol.
They wanted to take out the seats of power: economic (WTC), military (Pentagon), and govt (Capitol)
Interestingly (and fortunately), bin Laden had nixed the original plan of 10 planes, which would have included LA and the Sears Tower in Chicago, because of overly complicated logistics.
EDIT: If only downvotes could change basic facts...LOL
Missile is the metaphor. What actually does it is SCOTUS ruling and military. At least, that’s the idea.
I don't trust the SCROTUS.
Works for me!
Tom Clancy scenario.
I get the gist of the designated survivor, but how is that person chosen? Who knows who that person is? Is it rotating? So many questions.
Except that neither the Speaker nor the President Pro Tempore are constitutionally eligible to ascend to POTUS because neither is an "Officer of the USA."
Doesn't matter what the current succession statute says. It would be unconstitutional. Legally, the next down the list after VP, is Sec of State.