Comment on If Biden died tomorrow and Harris took over? and she won the election also. Could she work full two terms or would it count as one when Biden died?

• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  … no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected…

  So having previously served two years exactly is allowed.

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  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If we’re being pedantic (and the Republicans would be), Harris already served as acting president for 1h25m on November 19, 2021 while Biden underwent a colonoscopy. If hypothetically Biden had died or resigned exactly 2 years into his term (January 20, 2023 12pm ET), and Harris assumed the presidency for the remaining two years, her total time would be over 2 years and she would be ineligible for a second term.

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    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah I actually brought that up in my top-level reply. But does the two years count the time spent as Acting President? I don’t know, but the 22nd Amendment doesn’t use the terminology “Acting President”.

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      • illi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m always pedantic, except when I’m not 😂

        So you are not always pedantic. So you are not really pedantic if you said you are always but are not… unless you were pedantic about saying you are not always pedantic?

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      • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In that case, could she have her new VP take over for a few hours to negate that time she accumulated previously?

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    New conspiracy theory: The reason the US has only incredibly old presidential candidates is because the VPs are pulling all the strings.

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    • LeFantome@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you mean Dick Cheney, you are not wrong.

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• Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, hard cutoff is 2.5 terms or 10 years.

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  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am not sure. From the wording above, it sounds to me that you can get elected as VP And then kill your boss 25 months into the term indefinitely. Loophole!

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    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you are just going to go that route, you don’t need to wait the 25 months. Just keep getting picked for vp, ice them immediately and take over. Don’t run for reelection, just get the vp nod on the next ticket, rinse and repeat. If you think that sounds preposterous, remember we are on the cusp of re-electing a racist rapist with a spray tan.

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    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Boss doesn’t need to die, just resign. You could literally just have a sham person be elected as the “president” and then resign on Day 1 each time to keep someone as president indefinitely.

      Assuming voters played along with that of course.

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      • azimir@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t need the voters. You need the states.

        We’re about to find out what happens when states refuse to recognize the winner of the Electoral College. Georgia, Arizona, and likely other states are going to fuck the state votes and refuse to certify.

        If you can get enough state reps and congressional reps to vote for you each cycle (as VP), then take over from the sham president, you could effectively be president forever.

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    • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      SCOTUS approved comment

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    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, the Putin maneuver.

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• JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Queen

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