[ReignOfError]

Fair enough. He could obviously carpetbag to another state. He would be constitutionally ineligible to be VP if there were more than two years left in the term.

How so? If a Clinton/Clinton ticket were elected (shudder), and Hillary took the oath on Jan. 20 and then died or resigned on the 21st, Bill could serve the full four years minus a day.

The 22nd Amendment governs who may be elected president, not who may serve. Full stop. Could the authors of the 22nd have foreseen that an ex-president might serve in the Cabinet, or in Congress, or even as VP? I think they could have foreseen that, and that we must conclude that their choice of words was considered and deliberate.

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush cannot again be elected president. I don't know of any constitutional provision that bars them from holding government office. for any length of time.

[doug from upland]

Bill could not be elected VP because he is ineligible to serve another term. If something mysterious happened to an existing VP, like he was found in a park, his plane went down, or he didn’t get his heart medication, and there were not more than two years left in the term, I maintain that Bill could be appointed for those two years.

Be is ineligible to be elected.

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't know of any constitutional provision that bars them from holding government office. for any length of time.

John Quincy Adams served in the House of Representatives after his term as President.

-PJ