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> He's stated he is contemplating getting Vance to run, then for Vance to step down in favor of Trump

Technically illegal due to the Twelfth Amendment: “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States” [1].

Simpler: run two randos, have the House choose Trump as Speaker [2], have the randos resign [3].

[1] https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-12/

[2] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-speaker-non-member-of-con...

[3] https://www.usa.gov/presidential-succession



I presume you are familiar with the standard counter argument that the Constitution says "elected" rather than "serve"?

Here's a Constitutional law professor arguing 25 years ago that Bill Clinton was constitutionally eligible to run again as VP: https://web.archive.org/web/20051001004410/http://archives.c...

It's easy to claim that Trump running as VP would violate the spirit of the 12th amendment, but I think there is genuine doubt as to how the Supreme Court might rule.

Separately, could you contact me by the email in my profile? I've got a (mostly unrelated) question I've been meaning to ask you. No hurry.




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