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To: Bluegrass Conservative
Read the 12th Amendment...it's quite specific about the qualifications about the VP... you have to meet the qualifications of Prez to be VP:
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

15 posted on 12/17/2007 10:23:55 AM PST by So Cal Rocket
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To: So Cal Rocket
My apologies. You are indeed correct.


16 posted on 12/17/2007 10:28:09 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: So Cal Rocket
The last sentence of the 12th Amendment was necessary, because that amendment allowed the Vice President to be elected separately (technically at least) from the President. The original Electoral College (Article II, Section 1, Clause 3) had the Vice President be the Presidential candidate that finished second, so there was no need to have VP qualifications.

Hopefully Mayor Mike and the Govenator read this post. Once again, the Constitution serves as an inconvenience to Liberals.

24 posted on 12/17/2007 11:00:15 AM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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