At 03:24 PM 11/10/00 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Trei, Peter wrote:
This is covered by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. See http://www.greatsource.com/amgov/almanac/documents/key/1947_psa_1.html
Actualy it isn't. It's covered by the 20th amendment, section 3.
The 20th Amendment was ratified in 1933. Therefore the 1947 law implements the " Congress may by law provide for the case" part of the 20th. (Unfortunately, the Postmaster General is fairly high up the list :-) The 20th does say that Congress can do whatever they want about it, so they could easily supersede the 1947 act. Anyway, Al Haig's in charge.
Looks to me like Congress could leave Bill in office until this mess is over. Like I said, is this a new way to win a 3rd term?
By the 23rd Amendment ("FDR Reoccurrance Prevention Amendment"), he can't be _elected_ to win a 3rd term - but that doesn't mean he can't be appointed, though .... What a bad idea that would be.... In general, the 23rd trumps previous amendments, as any newer law supersedes the older one, but it's not clear there's a conflict. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639