And so it begins…

  • Dalvoron@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Can he just run as someone else’s VP and then the someone else abdicates or whatever? No messing with constitution required. Obviously requires a lot of trust though.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      No, the VP has to be eligible for the presidency. If for some reason they are not, then the presidency would roll to the speaker of the house.

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          1 month ago

          Rules still apply until they are selectively removed or ignored or re-interperted by the Supreme Court of Sycophants later. But as it stands right now, those are the rules.