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- From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
- Subject: Re: Dead Candidates
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- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- References: <39033@mgweed.ATT.Com> <1992Nov6.125539.24751@athena.mit.edu> <1992Nov9.122950.44551@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1992Nov14.020431.4627@wdl.loral.com> <14NOV199211025495@utkvx2.utk.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:54:34 GMT
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- In <14NOV199211025495@utkvx2.utk.edu> dchatham@utkvx2.utk.edu (Chatham, Doug) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov14.020431.4627@wdl.loral.com>, mab@wdl39.wdl.loral.com (Mark A Biggar) writes...
- >>In article <1992Nov9.122950.44551@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> bryan@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >>>Since we're on the subject of dead candidates...
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- >>Now suppose that Clinton, Gore, the Speaker and the PPT are all killed
- >>on Christmas day. In that case we have a major Constuitional Crises, because
- >>on inaguration day the old cabnet is disolved and the new cabnet is not
- >>officially in office, so that is no one left in the succession, OOPS.
-
- > Since the new Congress meets in early January, and George Bush keeps
- >his office until Inauguration Day, the Congress has time to elect a new
- >Speaker and PPT, so there will be persons in the line of succession, if the
- >above scenario happens.
-
- Suppose Clinton, Gore, the new Speaker and the new PPT are all killed on
- January 21st, i.e. after inauguration day, but before the new cabinet has
- been confirmed by the Senate. Then who succeeds?
-
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- Hans Mulder hansm@cs.kun.nl
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