The line of Presidential succession goes as follows: VP, Speaker of the House, President Pro Temp of the Senate, then the Sec. of State.
To my line of reasoning it makes more sense as follows: VP, Sec. of State, the various Sec. in the order of the posts creation, then the Speaker of the House, then the President Pro Temp. I think it makes more sense to elevate the cabinet members as they are all appointed by the executive, and this maintains the separation of the Executive and Legislative branches.
To my line of reasoning it makes more sense as follows: VP, Sec. of State, the various Sec. in the order of the posts creation, then the Speaker of the House, then the President Pro Temp. I think it makes more sense to elevate the cabinet members as they are all appointed by the executive, and this maintains the separation of the Executive and Legislative branches.