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Bill as Hillary's VP?

By Calvin Massey

    Could Hillary Clinton pick Bill Clinton as her VP running mate?  The 22nd Amendment says only that "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice" and bars any person who has served "more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President" from being elected President "more than once."  But Bill would be elected Vice President, not President, and should Hillary die or resign from office Bill would become President but could not be elected to the office.   So, is Bill constitutionally eligible to be VP?  If not, why not?  And if Bill is eligible to be VP, does this constitutional lacuna bother anybody?

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).