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jberryhill

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33. In reverse digit order
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:07 PM
May 2015

But that is only after the president, secretary, and treasurer of your local PTA have been taken out.

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a civics question [View all] DonCoquixote May 2015 OP
Speaker of the House of Representatives is next, I think LiberalEsto May 2015 #1
yes - speaker of the house is next rurallib May 2015 #2
Wikipedia has a convenient list with who is in those offices now csziggy May 2015 #3
Some of those are horrifying. merrily May 2015 #26
I would assume ballabosh May 2015 #4
i don't think so... ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #5
If the president were to either die or be removed, the Vice President succeeds him.... A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #7
that is my understanding as well... ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #10
from what I understand Terra Alta May 2015 #14
but could he serve in one of the Secretary positions ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #15
I think if Obama were in the Cabinet or Senate and something were to happen Terra Alta May 2015 #16
there doesn't seem to be anything in the amendments ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #17
No one's ever had to test it. NuclearDem May 2015 #19
One would think, but I don't think the Constitution says much about the VP. merrily May 2015 #27
woah Quayblue May 2015 #18
You are correct nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #8
now this is making me want to go read some more ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #11
The Clinton- Clinton scenario is one possible crazy one nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #13
That's why I said I assume ballabosh May 2015 #9
yeah, i'm not 100% sure either ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #12
Speaker of the house nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #6
That is similar, but not quite, how Ford became President. When Spiro Agnew stepped okaawhatever May 2015 #20
Ummmmm......no. WillowTree May 2015 #22
I didn't mean that he became VP due to a line of succession (if so it would have gone to the okaawhatever May 2015 #23
I was responding to your assertion. You said, and I quote....... WillowTree May 2015 #24
you kind of hit on why I asked DonCoquixote May 2015 #25
That was a National Lampoon piece once... jberryhill May 2015 #30
It would take a serious act of mayhem to trigger the line of succession jmowreader May 2015 #21
And it is gender balanced... jberryhill May 2015 #28
Up until 1995... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #31
...after that it goes in order by highest Social Security Number jberryhill May 2015 #29
LOL. Thor_MN May 2015 #32
In reverse digit order jberryhill May 2015 #33
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