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		m-hodges 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How each pillar of the First Amendment is under at... The 12th Amendment disagrees: > But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

nsxwolf 9 months ago | [–]

But the 22nd amendment forbids being elected to the office more than twice. Eligibility to serve as president may not be the same as eligibility to be elected president.

This would have to be decided by the Supreme Court.

g-b-r 9 months ago | [–]

Elected as speaker of the house, then, as has already been said

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