Jim Wilson wrote:
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:Ah, but it wouldn't get that far. Arnie can't even be V.P. according to Amendment XII:
Tony Peden writes:
> Is Arnold not a citizen?
> > "No person except a natural born citizen,
He is not a natural-born citizen.
> or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of > this Constitution,
He was not a citizen at the time of the adoption of the constitution.
Boy, I am sure glad we have a Canadian on this list to keep the Americans on the straight and narrow about their own constitution :-D Actually my wife straightened me out on this one last week as well.
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.
This is really good news!
"But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that
of Vice-President of the United States."
-- Russ
Conway's Law: "The structure of a system tends to mirror the
structure of the group producing it."
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