2 BREAKING NEWS DEVELOPMENTS - BERG v. OBAMA

[CurrieS103]

This entire thing may end up with Biden having to take the Oath, appoint a VP who will have to be confirmed with a 2/3 majority in both congressional houses.  The ball is in the Supreme Court's court...should be interesting.  Then again...lock and load 'cause the riots will happen.

[TAB]

thats just it, there is a clear line of succession, for after the oath, before there is none.   I would not be shocked if they had another election.   Its a intresting legal question...

[alfsauve]

Uh if the winning candidate is disqualified then shouldn't the second place candidate take the office???

[pops1911]

Be careful how you answer - on one hand you have 'Greasy Joe' - on the other 'Billary'!!

[tombogan03884]

"May you live in interesting times" is the Chinese version of "may the Bluebird of happiness take a dump on your life".
But political considerations aside I would be interested to see how they dealt with such an eventuality.
 I THINK TAB is only partly right, if B Ho were to DIE before taking the Oath the usual line of succession would apply, but disqualification ? ? 

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[alfsauve]

Two situations if he is disqualified.

Before the electoral college:  then it seems the delegate should vote for the the second place winner from the election....McCain.

After the electoral college:  then it might seem to favor the normal constitutional secession.

[tombogan03884]

Two situations if he is disqualified.

Before the electoral college:  then it seems the delegate should vote for the the second place winner from the election....McCain.

After the electoral college:  then it might seem to favor the normal constitutional secession.

Sounds about right but the final decision would probably be left to the SCOTUS.

[TAB]

i would personally like to see another election.  People didn't vote for bidden... they  voted for Obama.

[Neon Knight Anubis]

The typical third in line is the Speaker, whether or not this actually happens we could potentially face a much stronger adversary, Nancy Pelosci. She may not have the charisma or the appeal of Obama to the general population but she has the political clout in congress and she's much more ambitious. At this point there really are no good options. A second election would be a fubar because who has the time/money/patience for another campaign, hell I'm going crazy from hearing about my state's damn runoff elections.

We certainly are living in those "interesting times".

[tt11758]

The real question is... what happends if Obama turns out to be ineligible.   I would assume that means Bidden would take his place.

I really can't see any major political party backing some one that they could not prove they were eligible to hold that office.

Since Obama was the dem nominee, if he is ruled ineligble the dems have NO candidate in the Electoral College, and McCain/Palin will be partying like Kennedys (as will I) come January 20th!!