Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
I had question that I got after watching Battlestar Galactica, about who become president if the president is well killed or whatever.
According to the constitution in order to be President of the U.S. you must be age 35 be a natural born citizen and have lived at least 14 years in the U.S.
Obviously after the president the Vice President would take over. But what happens if several top people are no longer available to become president and someone in the Cabinet is a Successor but does not meet the requirements set by the constitution?
Would they skip a person and go to the next.
If you can not meet the requirements, then the next in line would be considered.
wow this starts to get confusing after a while.
If both the president and the vice president are not available the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes president.
In order to become speaker the house with most seats votes on it, to be in the house you need be 25 of age be a U.S citizen for at least 7 years. So i guess if the speaker is say 34 years old or not a natural citizen, we skip him and go to next person.
President Pro of Senate
The Speaker of the House does not have to be an elected member of Congress. At least to my reading of the rules of the House. So if an individual of any age were to become Speaker AND the issue arose (again according to my understanding) the person selected as Speaker would become President if all the criteria listed in the Articles of the Constitution were met. Given age is one of those criterion he/she would not be eligible and the 'chore' would pass on to the next in line. The same all the way down the line to the last possible 'listed' person. Then of course it would pass to Moonbeam.
edit: The office is provided for in the United States Constitution in the second section of the first article, which states:
"The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker and other Officers..."
In practice, the speaker is always chosen from amongst sitting house members (to date, all Speakers have been members of the House), but this is not strictly required by the Constitution. The speaker is almost always elected along strictly partisan lines, and is thus a member of the House's majority party. A Representative who does not vote for his or her party's leader as Speaker may be deprived of committee assignments. Once elected, a Speaker is sworn in by the Dean of the House.
The Speaker is considered a partisan officer, unlike the nonpartisan Speaker of such bodies as the British House of Commons. While there is a majority leader in the House of Representatives, he is in fact the second highest officer of the majority, and the Speaker is in fact the functioning leader of the majority. However, it is customary for the Speaker not to vote, unless his vote is necessary to pass a bill."
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