On 8/17/03 at 4:02 PM Tony Peden wrote: >On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:20, David Megginson wrote: >> As far as I understand, a vice-president who was not born in the >> U.S. would have to be passed over in the line of succession if the >> president were incapacitated, since the statement refers to holding >> the office rather than just being elected to it. So if Arnie were >> V.P. and the president were incapacitated, the presidency would go to >> the Speaker of the House. > >Hmmph .. well that pretty much flies in the face of the melting pot, now >doesn't it? >
You think that's bad? I believe our royal family are still technically ineligible to succeed to the throne should they so much as marry a catholic, although in this day and age I suspect the relevant law would be ammended were one of them to try it! Cheers - Dave _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
