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In reply to the discussion: IMO, VP Pence could become POTUS46 until 2020 and can be elected 2 more times until 2028. [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)42. No. He could only serve through 2024
The 22nd Amendment limits a VIP to one additional term if he serves more than two years of the previous president's term:
"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.
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IMO, VP Pence could become POTUS46 until 2020 and can be elected 2 more times until 2028. [View all]
CK_John
May 2017
OP
Ford missed getting a second term by a hair. 1976 was close. He wouldn't have been eligible in '80
Bucky
May 2017
#4
The Nixon administration is the only one in our history where both the Vice President...
George II
May 2017
#38
There is no chance of impeachment until after the 2018 elections and a new Congress
CK_John
May 2017
#18
No, I'm thinking that it will take at least for any legal investigation to get pass
CK_John
May 2017
#25
Either way you're suggesting Trump will be impeached and his VP come out untainted
LeftyMom
May 2017
#27
IMO, DT45 would not have picked any VP unless he/she gave him a signed Nixon type pardon needing
CK_John
May 2017
#20