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« on: January 29, 2016, 01:10:20 PM »
« edited: January 29, 2016, 01:24:45 PM by Clarko95 »
Quote from: Figs on January 29, 2016, 11:24:37 AM
I suppose it depends on the meaning of "shall" in the second section of the 25th Amendment:

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Would an acting president be violating the Constitution by simply refusing to nominate a vice president?

There is no Constitutional requirement to actually fill the position between elections, AFAIK. LBJ did not have a Vice President between JFK's assasination and January 20th, 1965 when The Hump was sworn in.
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