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As I understand it, if the President dies in office, the VP succeeds to the Presidency. If he then serves in that way for more than 365 days, he can only stand in his own right for one more term, rather than the normal two.
If the sitting President is reelected but dies between the election and the swearing in ceremony, the VP will step forward. This period will be less than 365 days. I assume also that as VP-elect, he would then also take on the next full term. My question:
What period of time counts towards the constitutional limitation on the number of terms the VP can stand? Is it the unexpired period of the first term, or is it that period plus the 4 years of the second term? It seems to me that it would be the second, but given this is US Constitutional law, who knows?
As a supplementary question, if the VP argued the first case how would it be resolved? I'm guessing SCOTUS, but how would any decision be enforced if the VP was to make a stand?
If the sitting President is reelected but dies between the election and the swearing in ceremony, the VP will step forward. This period will be less than 365 days. I assume also that as VP-elect, he would then also take on the next full term. My question:
What period of time counts towards the constitutional limitation on the number of terms the VP can stand? Is it the unexpired period of the first term, or is it that period plus the 4 years of the second term? It seems to me that it would be the second, but given this is US Constitutional law, who knows?
As a supplementary question, if the VP argued the first case how would it be resolved? I'm guessing SCOTUS, but how would any decision be enforced if the VP was to make a stand?