[Grovenet] Crazy thought for the day

[Steven]

The person she chooses as a running mate will have to consider Vince Foster.
All we need is a VP that commits suicide so mysteriously to have Allen's
idea come to the test.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
> Behalf Of Allen Warren
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:56 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Crazy thought for the day
>
>
> Or maybe just too much of my own home-made wine.  :-)
>
> Just found the following text:
> Some have questioned the interpretation of the Twenty-second Amendment as
> it relates to the Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, which provides that
> "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be
> eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
> While it is clear that under the Twelfth Amendment the original
> constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship, and residency apply to
> both the President and Vice President, it is unclear if a two-term
> President could later be elected—or appointed—Vice President. Some argue
> that the Twenty-second Amendment and Twelfth Amendment bar any two-term
> President from later serving as Vice President as well as from succeeding
> to the presidency from any point in the United States Presidential line of
> succession. Others contend that while a two-term President is ineligible
> to be elected or appointed to the office of Vice President, he or she
> could succeed from a lower position in the line of succession which he or
> she is not excluded from holding. Others contend that the Twelfth
> Amendment concerns qualification for service, while the Twenty-second
> Amendment concerns qualifications for election. Neither theory has ever
> been tested, as no former President has
>  ever sought the Vice Presidency, and thus, the courts have never had an
> opportunity to decide the question.
>
> Allen Warren
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Steele, Mike" <steelem at pacificu.edu>
> To: Forest Grove local interests list <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 8:49:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Crazy thought for the day
>
> Allen...too much Kool-Aid...
>
> :-)
>
> --Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
> Behalf Of Allen Warren
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:36 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: [Grovenet] Crazy thought for the day
>
> Ever since Hillary Clinton became a viable Democratic Party presidential
> candidate I've been thinking about what role hubby Bill might have as
> the first "first husband".  What's so fascinating about this scenario is
> actually 2 firsts: he would not only be the first "first husband" but
> would also be the first former president spouse to inhabit the White
> House of a sitting President.  Then a thought hit me that was REALLY
> fascinating: could Bill legally become Hillary's VP if she chose to
> select him as a running mate?
>
> Does anyone know if the laws would indeed allow a former two-term
> President to be a Vice President?
>
> Not that Hillary would select Bill as a VP but just wondering if it's a
> legal possibility.
>
> Allen Warren
>
>
>
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