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Hey, maybe Joe can run for Pres, and Barach can run for VP (Original Post) fadedrose Jan 2013 OP
Not possible, Constitutionally. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #1
Ha! That's what I wanted in 2008! More of a Batman/Robin instead of Robin/Batman -- but it turned gateley Jan 2013 #2
Michelle can run! Satch59 Jan 2013 #4
I certainly want Boehnner a heartbeat away from the presidency. Who wouldn't? cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #3
12th Amendment Forbids That jberryhill Jan 2013 #5
Is a former two-term President ineligible? Maybe not. morningfog Jan 2013 #6
Here's the entire sentence that ends the Twelth Amendment Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #7
No, it does not. morningfog Jan 2013 #9
Joe Biden for vice president 2016 with Hillary45, to set a record for years as vp graham4anything Jan 2013 #8

gateley

(62,683 posts)
2. Ha! That's what I wanted in 2008! More of a Batman/Robin instead of Robin/Batman -- but it turned
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:51 PM
Jan 2013

out to be just perfect.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. 12th Amendment Forbids That
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:55 PM
Jan 2013

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

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
6. Is a former two-term President ineligible? Maybe not.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:01 PM
Jan 2013

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"

Serving as VP or being elected to VP is not being "elected to the office of President more than twice."

Brother Buzz

(36,385 posts)
7. Here's the entire sentence that ends the Twelth Amendment
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:10 PM
Jan 2013
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

That's a big fat BUT that nixes you idea
 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
9. No, it does not.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:18 PM
Jan 2013

The entire text of the 22nd Amendment:

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.


The 12th:
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 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.


A twice elected President is ineligible to be elected again. The Constitution is silent on whether they are outright ineligible to hold the office. There is ambiguity here. This is all purely academic because it will likely never happen. But, it is not settled.
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
8. Joe Biden for vice president 2016 with Hillary45, to set a record for years as vp
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:15 PM
Jan 2013

President Obama today said it was needed to have a woman President, equality for women.

however,
Hillary45 can name Barack Obama to the US Supreme Court, (like Pres. Taft), which is the job President Obama was born to have.

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