• a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    22nd Ammendment

    What’s stopping Trump from having a puppet run for President and he as Vice President? The puppet could then step down after Inauguration Day.

    The argument I’ve heard being, the Vice President isn’t elected to the office of the President.

    Edit:

    Does the 12th Amendment negate that argument? The last sentence in the amendment seems to suggest so.

    12th Amendment

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      8 hours ago

      To be VP, you have to be eligible for the top spot. Trump will have already served twice so he’s no longer eligible.

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      9 hours ago

      Now this is a legitimate argument discussion. How is the law interpreted. I’m not a constitutional scholar, so I have no idea. But this is a much better topic of discussion than what OP posted.