Kevinstat
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« on: March 03, 2004, 05:49:35 PM » |
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Dunn,
I think the language is very clear. "No person constitutionally inelligable to the office of President shall be eligable to that of Vice President of the United States." It mentions the office, without any qualification of that requirement. It doesn't say, "but no person constitutionally inelligable to the office of President may be selected Vice President of the United States." The "But" at the beginning of the sentence and the fact that the sentence comes just after the description of how the Vice President is to be selected if no one recieves a majority of the votes in the electoral college does cause some confusion, but I don't believe that changes what it means. Since the sentence dealt with limitations to the office, I feel it takes effect no matter how the Vice President is selected, and that the "But" at the beginning of the sentence merely existed because the sentence limited the choices for both the electors and the Senators.
I guess I may have said the same thing several times, but I wanted to give the most comprehensive argument possible. You are definately entitled to your opinion, however.
Not that it really matters, although it might since today's courts will sometimes let the spirit of a law trump the letter, but I hope you agree that the people who wrote the 11th amendment intended for the office of Vice President to be limited to those who were eligable to the office of President.
Sincerely,
Kevin Lamoreau
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