CDR: Re: A successful lawsuit means Gore wins!

[Jim Choate]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Bill Stewart wrote:

> 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.

No Bill, that's not what it means at all. The 1947 law requires there to
already be a sitting President, it doesn't apply if the candidates haven't
'qualified'. It was at least partialy implemented to identify the chain of
command in case of nuclear/devastating attack.

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