Posted on 01/19/2018 6:50:40 AM PST by simpson96
A Harvard Law School professor and Newsweek magazine were recently mocked after uncritically suggesting a scenario in which Hillary Clinton could still become the president.
Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman professor of law and leadership at Harvard Law School, outlined a scenario in which the former senator could take the reins of power in the event of a series of impeachments of the Trump administration.
If President Trump resigns or gets impeached, Vice President Mike Pence resigns or is impeached and House Speaker Paul Ryan – who would legally become the heir to the top job – appoints Clinton as his deputy and then resigns, Clinton would become the president, the professor said.(snip)
The hypothetical scenario was mocked on social media, with some pointing out that the U.S. Constitution and the existing laws clearly define the line of succession – leaving no actual legal avenue for Clinton to take office, contrary to the professor’s claims.
Others have taken an issue with the magazine for pushing the theory without scrutiny.
“What's left of Newsweek is actively making people dumber and less informed and honestly should be unfollowed and shunned for this kind of behavior,” wrote Wall Street Journal journalist Byron Tau.
The professor reiterated in the interview with the magazine that such scenario remains a possibility despite not seeing solid evidence confirming “whether there was some conspiracy to steal the election.”
“But that’s very different from saying I think it will happen, or should happen, or [that] the evidence is there for it to happen,” he told Newsweek.
If the Trump administration is found to have colluded with a foreign government, Lessig said Trump should be removed from power.
“Absolutely, he’s got to resign, and if he doesn’t resign, then absolutely Congress needs to impeach him,” he said.
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I’m sure Ryan would pick a Crash Test Dummy
The $hithole one.
The only thing she’s ever going to be the President of anymore is the LGBT Club at Leavenworth.
Will somebody please convict Hillary of a felony so she will be ineligible for office and go away? She has clearly committed multiple crimes but continues to walk the street without blemish.
Alternatively, Obama is proved to have been unconstitutionally elected as president, and all of his judicial appointments are removed, Trump replaces them with pro-American judges, the Supreme Court rescinds all of the laws Obama signed, along with all of his executive orders. All financial allocations are reversed. We use military force to secure the return of the billions handed over to Iran. All of his czar’s salaries must be returned. Obama’s presidential library becomes a large outhouse, under which all of the Commie traitors have their remains placed after being convicted and executed for their crimes.
I mean, as long as we are dreaming. You may call me a Dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
“If President Trump resigns or gets impeached, Vice President Mike Pence resigns or is impeached and House Speaker Paul Ryan – who would legally become the heir to the top job...”
Not quite. If Trump is out, then Pence becomes President and is not Vice President anymore. He would then pick a new Vice President, and could freely choose just about anyone (as long as they are qualified to serve as President if need be). So if Pence was removed or resigned, that new VP would become President and not Ryan.
The only way the speaker would become President is if something happened where the VP got promoted and was then removed before he ever got a chance to name a new VP, which seems very unlikely.
wouldn’t the speaker be president ion something happened to the president and VP at the same time?
Sure, but how likely is that to happen? Not very.
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