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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
VP is not part of the executive branch, no matter how much bush wished it to be. The only question is if Hillary dies in office can Bill take over? I think the answer is no.
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No he can't. Which the whole purpose of the VP is to take over in case something happens to the Prez. So the Speaker of the house would be President.
They could pass an constitutional amendment saying that the VP can't not have served 2 full terms as President prior to being VP. Or stating that a former President can not become VP. That would clear this whole issue up.
Another interesting scenario is let's say Bill Clinton or Bush ran and won a seat in the House of Reps. They can legally do this. And then became Speaker of the House( once again I'm not sure there is rule saying they can't take this position ) and then something happened to both the President and Vice President. The Speaker becomes the President but under the 22nd Amendment he wouldn't be able to become President.