it would be much simpler for Hilary to simple name Bill as her Vice president
Is a two term president allowed to be in the line of succession post-FDR, though?
it would be much simpler for Hilary to simple name Bill as her Vice president
No one who's served two terms as President is eligible to be elected again as either President or Vice-President. The 22nd Amendment says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once." However, note that this only says elected, not appointed -- so a former President could theoretically be parachuted into the Vice-Presidency via the 25th Amendment. And technically it wouldn't matter if this occurred in the first half or second half of the term: the 22nd Amendment only applies to people who've already served more than half of someone else's elected term, not to people who do it after being elected President in their own right.Is a two term president allowed to be in the line of succession post-FDR, though?
Well, we could preserve the pre-Twelfth Amendment status. Say 1800 goes smoothly, with one of the Burr electors throwing his vote away to ensure a Jefferson victory, a jury-rigged practice that persists in the face of a running-mate system. Then, in an election in which a former President is running again (à la Cleveland or Roosevelt), one of these things happens:So, Reagan/Ford in '80 seems to be the most likely option.
I wonder though, if it's possible for someone who was actually elected President in their own right (and lost re-election, or wasn't re-nominated by their party, or possibly served two terms before the 22nd Amendment was introduced) to later become Vice-President.
AFAICT, it's possible for a two-term President to be elected veep. The Twenty-Second Amendment bars the election of such people to the Presidency, saying nothing about the Vice-Presidency; the Twelfth Amendment bars people "ineligible to the office of President" from the Vice-Presidency, but says nothing about elections. So if a two-termer is eligible for a Presidential return via the Vice-Presidency, what's stopping an election to the latter office?No one who's served two terms as President is eligible to be elected again as either President or Vice-President. The 22nd Amendment says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once." However, note that this only says elected, not appointed -- so a former President could theoretically be parachuted into the Vice-Presidency via the 25th Amendment. And technically it wouldn't matter if this occurred in the first half or second half of the term: the 22nd Amendment only applies to people who've already served more than half of someone else's elected term, not to people who do it after being elected President in their own right.