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



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