I read somewhere that his only “legal” option for becoming president for another term is by running as the vice presidential candidate, and then having whoever was voted for president resign. He wouldn’t technically be elected to the presidency, and thus could exploit a loophole.
That being said, I’m certain it would be challenged in court. The fact that it could even get that far is pretty disheartening
Edit: as someone pointed out in the replies, this would not be allowed under the 12th amendment
Yeah, another commenter linked the part of the 12th amendment that says anyone constitutionally ineligible to run for president may not run as VP. That’s quite a relief
I read somewhere that his only “legal” option for becoming president for another term is by running as the vice presidential candidate, and then having whoever was voted for president resign. He wouldn’t technically be elected to the presidency, and thus could exploit a loophole.
That being said, I’m certain it would be challenged in court. The fact that it could even get that far is pretty disheartening
Edit: as someone pointed out in the replies, this would not be allowed under the 12th amendment
Luckily the 12th amendment prevents that.
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-12/
I did not know that, thank you. That provides at least some relief!
If you are not allowed to run for president I don’t think you are allowed to run for vice president. Speaker of the house however …
There’s a precedent where someone would have been skipped in the chain as replacement for the president because they weren’t born in the US.
Yeah, another commenter linked the part of the 12th amendment that says anyone constitutionally ineligible to run for president may not run as VP. That’s quite a relief
That’s not the only option.
He could have the president killed. Doesn’t have to just make him resign.