Excuse me, I misread the Wikipedia article :) next in line would be speaker of the house (Nancy Pelosi); Chuck Grassley would come after her
Excuse me, I misread the Wikipedia article :) next in line would be speaker of the house (Nancy Pelosi); Chuck Grassley would come after her
Norbit! Hahaha
Important to remember this has been a hypothetical question a long time, for good reason. Biden is not likely to offer Obama the VP position, and Obama is not likely to accept, because this constitutional question would be a major distraction and the benefits of having Obama would not be worth that distraction. This seems especially true because Obama is hated by the right and this would open him up to all sorts of "stealing the country" charges (even if unwarranted). It's not where you want to spend your political capital if you're Biden.
Additionally Obama (and Biden) likely does not want to set such a precedent. Even if right-wing yelling would largely be silly, there would be a real problem here: even if it's allowed under the letter of the law, the intent to limit Presidential terms is clear and they will not want to be seen to violate that intent. (Especially since the campaign is going to be positioned as a restoration of norms/tradition/respect for the rule of law.) Remember, the 2-term limit was unofficial but traditional for EVERY president until FDR. They don't want to be remembered as the person who tried to get around it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
That sounds very possible. Obama would be a great addition to the Supreme Court. Of course, can you start to imagine what extremse the GOP would go to in order to keep Obama off of the Court?
It’s so strange reading about these kinds of topics. “Well according to our centuries old writing that we worship like some magic plates what we want to do is against the rules, but since no person actually understands what that means let’s dance around it for a little while, put on a show, and when the time comes boom! We find a loophole, or just tell the stupid public that the ancient holy words mean something different now. Child’s play.”
Wolf's Lair wrote:
That sounds very possible. Obama would be a great addition to the Supreme Court. Of course, can you start to imagine what extremse the GOP would go to in order to keep Obama off of the Court?
I seriously doubt Obama is interested in the Supreme Court. That would essentially restrict him from speaking out on any issues or taking political stands. For example, he couldn't speak at the Dem convention for the rest of his life.
kingojamin wrote:
Obama isn't a woman, numnuts
Michelle would be a great VP if she was interested.
But he is a constitutional scholar that taught constitutional law at a Law School!
L L wrote:
How about this:
Biden is elected with whoever as VP.
After two years, that VP resigns.
Then Biden appoints Obama as VP.
Then Biden resigns or dies.
Then Obama serves the last two years of Biden’s term as president to complete his ten year maximum.
Obama still isn't eligible to be vice president, no matter how little time is left in the term
VPObserver wrote:
It would be sad that Biden died but the world would have a huge celebration that Obama would get another term.
Why would the world celebrate having all its governments overthrown and devastating wars and invasions inflicted on them, yet again?
The world would unite and preemptively destroy the US if Obama came back.
If Biden has Clinton as his VP, he'll die before you can say "Deplorables".
Does not matter.
All these clowns work for the same Oligarchs who call the shots
Miscellaneous wrote:
kingojamin wrote:
Obama isn't a woman, numnuts
Michelle would be a great VP if she was interested.
He'll pick a black woman but not Michelle. Not interested.
MR. Putin wrote:
You're all idiots. Here is the way we do it in Russia - you serve 2 terms, then rewrite your constitution and reset your president terms to zero, then you serve another 2 terms, easy, you stupid Americans.
Putin
You're not Russian, because not express yourself like Russian. Articles are too many.
Here is way we do this in Russia: serve two terms, then rewrite constitution and reset president terms to zero. Then serve two more terms. Easy, you're being stupid Americans.
More Hope and Change!!
LOL
I would love to see Donald Trump Jr run for POTUS. I think he’s trying to set himself up for 2024 or 2028.
I would have someone to hate for four years if he won
michelle obama?
Bad Wigins wrote:
Why would the world celebrate having all its governments overthrown and devastating wars and invasions inflicted on them, yet again?
The world would unite and preemptively destroy the US if Obama came back.
Missed something over here in the rest of the world....
Did Obama or Bush invade Iraq on the premise of weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist and overthrow that govt?
Did Obama screw over US oil ally Taliban, who then reacted on 9/11, leading to US invasion of Afghanistan?
Can you elaborate please?
Truman was Vice President, became President when Roosevelt died, then was elected outright twice, so he was president for about 10 years and 2.5 terms, consecutively.
I am Sam wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:
Why would the world celebrate having all its governments overthrown and devastating wars and invasions inflicted on them, yet again?
The world would unite and preemptively destroy the US if Obama came back.
Missed something over here in the rest of the world....
Did Obama or Bush invade Iraq on the premise of weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist and overthrow that govt?
Did Obama screw over US oil ally Taliban, who then reacted on 9/11, leading to US invasion of Afghanistan?
Can you elaborate please?
He can't because it is obvious he doesn't even know what he is talking about. He cannot even get his facts straight on whom did what. Classic.