The Framers expected that at some point the voters might be fooled by someone who was not legally eligible. They expected to have all the facts in before the inauguration.
Posted on 12/09/2008 9:59:02 AM PST by Kevmo
Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
“My guess Hillary.”
That is the money bet, and I suspect Hillary’s bet from the beginning.
The ruling Republicans did not look at the evidence in the Clinton senate trial and gave him a pass on the theory it would be worse to have Gore sit as president.
Such thinking may be at work today. However, notwithstanding Hillary is also a Marxist, history suggests an O presidency would be more damaging.
As of January 20th Cheney is no longer vice president so he can't serve. It means the vice-president elected in November, or Biden in this case.
We are screwed no matter what....
I’ve posted before and I’ll continue to post this.
Fear of aggression is NEVER EVER a reason to bow to breaking the law.
Angry mobs used to hang up and kill people before a trial. That was wrong then, it is wrong now.
The Framers expected that at some point the voters might be fooled by someone who was not legally eligible. They expected to have all the facts in before the inauguration.
“My guess Hillary.”
That is the money bet, and I suspect Hillary’s bet from the beginning.
The ruling Republicans did not look at the evidence in the Clinton senate trial and gave him a pass on the theory it would be worse to have Gore sit as president.
Such thinking may be at work today and Republicans may not take effeective action on Jan 8. However, notwithstanding Hillary is also a Marxist, history suggests an O presidency would be more damaging.
Well said.
After thoroughly researching this subject, I find that I will be perfectly satisfied if we stick to the Constitution. If that means Biden or Hillary would be President, then fine. We need the Constitution for a million other essential reasons in the future. Trashing it now will kill us later. Not just people; it will kill our great Republic.
It's not so much about who is President for me at this point. It's the Broken Window Theory now.
“The “people” asked the state of Hawaii if Obama was born there. They said yes. The court thinks that’s good enough. End of story.”
Really? When did that happen?
WOW.
Now . . . IF only . . . we were dealing with reasonable honorable people instead of Marxist globalist traitors in every major institution in D.C.
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Sorry for the double post, long delay, didn’t show as posted.
“We are screwed no matter what....”
It isn’t over yet, and you may be correct. In which event, we will have been screwed by those we hired to prevent our getting screwed. There are other words for that.
“If the Supreme Court took the case, I can guarantee you they will just ask the state of Hawaii to show them the birth certificate, and then the court will just say “looks good enough to me”, regardless of any other evidence that’s presented.”
Will you purchase a cash bond to ensure your guarantee?
If so, scan it and then post it here. Otherwise, fuggedaboutit.
Because truth has become stranger than fiction and because we need a laugh, a buddy of mine told me a good one the other evening over adult beverages.
He said he envisions VP Chaney, as President of the Senate and tasked with making the final count/verification of votes from the Electoral College, pulling a Minnesota and throwing all the votes in the trunk of his car and just driving into the sunset.
Hey...sounded good after a few :)
(crickets)
And she would be "...honored to serve in this time of national distress..."
Blends in nicely with the fact that Russia apparently has an extraordinarily high rate of alcoholism.
Providing a massive amount of cheap vodka may be an effective means of forestalling a revolution.
However, I believe Irish men and women are capable of drinking and revolting at the same time (smile).
It says vp elect...
The flaw is in your assumption that the words in the Constitution have meaning in law. Feelings have replaced the meaning the words the Supreme Law of the Land once conveyed.
Is that why the Governor of Illinois was arrested and hauled off to jail? I guess they didn't believe THAT government, did they?
-PJ
I don’t see where it says that Congress gets to select the President. To me it says that they can select someone who will “act” as President until another President has qualified.
The question in my mind is how does a subsequent candidate become the President and then qualify?
Does the electoral college choose from among the remaining candidates? Do we have another national election?
Moot, I guess. Biden will not fail to qualify.
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