• @TokenBoomer
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    27 days ago

    Could he then be nominated Speaker of the House, and then have the President and Vice-President resign?

    • @evidences
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      27 days ago

      I’m pretty sure no.

      There’s a whole bunch of stuff in different parts of the constitution and us code that mention intelligibility in the line of succession. There might be a loop hole around this though I am no constitutional law expert

    • @[email protected]
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      17 days ago

      Not without Supreme Court fuckery. As it stands, he’d be eligible to serve as Speaker, but he’d be skipped in the line of succession if it were applicable.

      Of course, trusting the Supreme Court to actually follow the rules seems naive at best these days.