<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 12:56 AM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
There does not seem to be any provision that the Speaker of the House<br>
needs to be qualified to be President, but if both the President and<br>
VP died would the speaker become President in spite of the<br>
Constitutional provisions?<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">No (for any speaker not constitutionally qualified), and this is handled under current law.  Right now, in fact, there are a few on the Presidential succession list who are not qualified; should everyone above them be removed from office, they would simply be skipped.  See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession</a> .</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have heard of a counterproposal to nominate Liz Cheney as Speaker of the House, seeking support from Democrats and a few dissatisfied Republicans.  IIRC, she would be constitutionally qualified to become President should this happen and circumstances remove Trump and Vance.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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