[ExI] An interesting situation

[Keith Henson]

>From Wired

GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House

There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected
member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the
government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
^^^^^^^
The speaker of the house is 3rd in line to be president.

"Eligibility

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets three
qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as president, one
must:

be a natural-born citizen of the United States;
be at least 35 years old;
be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years.[131]

snip

Under the Twenty-second Amendment, no person can be elected president
more than twice. The amendment also specifies that if any eligible
person serves as president or acting president for more than two years
of a term for which some other eligible person was elected president,
the former can only be elected president once.[136][137]"

There does not seem to be any provision that the Speaker of the House
needs to be qualified to be President, but if both the President and
VP died would the speaker become President in spite of the
Constitutional provisions?

President Musk might not be impossible.

Keith