Law Professor Suggests Replacing Kamala Harris With Barack Obama as Biden’s 2024 Running Mate
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Embarrassing!
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Can Obama even legally be vice president? He's already served two terms as president, so we wouldn't be able to replace the president if needed without violating term limits.
No, not legally. The 12th amendment is clear. Skip to the last sentence.
Amendment 12 Choosing the President, Vice-President. The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
[Ratified 6/15/1804]
Obama wasn’t eligible to be Potus last time either.
Whether factually true or not, this isn't relevant.
The fact that he was potus means that (until proven conclusively on the public stage that he wasn't eligible) it has no bearing on his eligibility in terms of the dems putting him on the ticket and him being accepted by the FEC.
On the larger scale of things, of course its a critical point, but in terms of whether the Dems can get away with putting him on the ticket or not, it has no real bearing.
12th Amendment
Foebama is constitutionally ineligible to the office of President, because he already served two full terms (laying aside all the other reasons as moot).
This one is not ambiguous or complicated, interesting or tricky.
But the constitution is just a piece of paper right? - Deep State
You're right: they don't care. It's kind of silly to talk about laws when we're dealing with those who openly disregard them whenever they can. The more they convince people the constitution doesn't matter, the happier the cabal gets.
That's why they say "Law Professor" advocates this kind of obvious BS, so people just believe and don't bother reading the law themselves.
The constitution is for the people to restrain the government. The constitution and the Bible should be taught in the home by mothers. Problem is, women went to work and the government became the nanny.
You'd think a law professor would know this. Kek!
They are trying to test the waters on this as it is Joe and not Obummer running for office. We are a Constitutional Republic which has no term limits.
The 22nd amendment says “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”.
The argument (which is somewhere between delusional and deranged) is that if someone is elected VP and then succeeds to the presidency they haven’t been “elected” to the office so are eligible to serve.
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
[Ratified 6/15/1804]
I don't know why this wouldn't be the end of the discussion. Because it is.
Me either! On the other hand, I don't think Kamala is legally the VP according to the Constitution either! Evidently the Constitution means nothing to the Democrats!
I agree with you, but considering this is some some law professor testing the waters with this and saying that “many like minded other scholars agree”, then it seems obvious why this dialogue continues.
That’s why the argument is somewhere between delusional and deranged.
I think they'll replace Kamala with Killary, after Kamala expresses a desire to spend more time with her family and go back to work in the private sector, after which she will get some cushy position in some oligarch's NGO for playing her role so expertly.