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To: Jim Noble

No.

Any disqualifiaction applies.

For instance, if the Speaker were a not a citizen, he could not be appointed....wait....


37 posted on 08/02/2018 7:48:48 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Mr.Unique
Any disqualifiaction applies

Read the Amendment.

It does not disqualify anyone from anything.

It says "no person...may be ELECTED more than twice".

Now, this presupposes the existence of Presidential elections, which are not required by the Constitution and which any State is free to do away with at any time.

Read broadly, I suppose, the Amendment could be a restriction on the Electoral College, since what they do is a sort of an election.

But however you read it, the affected persons are the ones who do the choosing, not the one who is chosen.

They could have easily amended Article II and Amendment XII by saying, "No person who has served two terms shall be further eligible to the office of President..., or, "Any person who has served two terms is subsequently disqualified from serving as President..", but they did not do that.

Amendment XXII only restricts becoming President through the mechanism of being elected.

38 posted on 08/02/2018 9:11:13 AM PDT by Jim Noble (p)
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