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Mr. Morden
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« on: September 01, 2013, 06:00:13 PM »

Yes, the line of succession would simply bypass him and go to the Speaker of the House.

No, I think he could become president again if he's VP and the president dies.  The 22nd Amendment says that he can't be *elected* president again, but nothing about whether he could become president through the line of succession.
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 08:41:16 PM »

1. He's already served two terms as president and isn't eligible to run.

No, he's not eligible to run as president again, but I think he is eligible to run as VP...and then take over as president if something happened to the president.  See the discussion in this thread, on the "VP loophole":

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=75977.0
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2013, 09:06:36 PM »

1. He's already served two terms as president and isn't eligible to run.

No, he's not eligible to run as president again, but I think he is eligible to run as VP...and then take over as president if something happened to the president.  See the discussion in this thread, on the "VP loophole":

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=75977.0


We might have a conflict between the 12th and 22nd amendment. I know if a president takes over during part of their predecessor's term, then they may serve two full terms after completing their predecessor's term as long as their length of time in office doesn't exceed 10 years.

I don't think it's a conflict.  It's something of a loophole in the way the 22nd Amendment is written:

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As far as I can tell, there is nothing to stop a person who has been elected to two presidential terms from later being elected Vice President, and then acceding to the higher office upon the incumbent's 'early departure'.  By repeating this process, such a person could in effect serve many more than ten years as President...

The 22nd Amendment is all about the rules for being elected president.  It doesn't stop you from becoming and then serving as president via some other means.  For example, it doesn't prohibit a Bill Clinton or a George W. Bush, after having served as president for two terms, from being elected VP, and then becoming president via the early departure of the president they're serving with.
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2013, 09:43:18 PM »

Guys, Bill Clinton couldn't be elected Vice President. See the very last sentence of the 12th Amendment:

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Having served two full terms, he's constitutionally ineligible to be President, no?

No, he's not ineligible to be president again.  He's ineligible to be elected president again.  The 22nd Amendment says that he can't be elected president again, but doesn't say that he can't serve as president again.  Taking the literal meaning of the words, he could become president via some other means, besides being elected to that office.....such as being elected VP, and then succeeding to the presidency upon the incumbent president's departure from office via death or resignation.
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