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Technically, it was not an act, but rather the U.S. Constitution. Presidential succession may occur under various circumstances, but the presidential line of succession you are referring to is authorized via Article II, Section 1, Clause 6.
Although commonly misunderstood, those listed in the succession statute are merely potential presidential successors, and not actual successors. That is, the list may contain anybody Congress may desire to list, but not everyone is eligible. First, they must meet the entitled qualification. Second, they must be on the list. Third, they must meet all the requirements.
For example, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate are both potential presidential successors, but both fail to qualify as eligible successors because they cannot take the required Oath of Office as Members of Congress (Article I, Section 6, Clause 2). If they were to resign from Congress, they would then be ineligible because they are (1) no longer on the succession list (i.e., former Speaker or former President pro tempore are not on the list of successors) and (2) if they were officers as Members of Congress, they are certainly no longer officers as former Members of Congress. Therefore, they fail to qualify as an Officer. In short, no matter what any officer of Congress opts to do, resign or not resign, they are ineligible although they may be included in any potential list of successors.
Timothy D. Nestved
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe Constitution establishes that the vice-president succeeds the president. The 25th amendment gives the procedure for filling a vacancy in the vice-presidency and gives a process for letting the vice-president serve as a temporary acting-president if the president is alive but unable to do his job. The presidential succession act of 1947 ,which is still in effect, was passed by the US Congress It specifies the emergency order of succession to be followed if there is no President, no vice-president, no House Speaker, etc.
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∙ 11y agoThe list is in United States Code Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 19.
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According to the Presidential Succession act of 1947 which of these officers follows the vice president in the line of presidential succession of what house?
Speaker of a house.
How are the terms presidential succession and the presidential succession act are related?
presidential succession is the order in which the office of president is to be filled
How does the constitution and presidential succession act of 1947 address the issue of the presidential succession?
It specifies the full line of succession should the president no longer be able to serve. The Vice-President has always been second in line, but the Act specifies the next 18 places, including the Speaker of the House in 3rd, President pro tempore of the Senate in 4th, and on down the line of Cabinet Secretaries.
What was the order of presidential succession after the Vice President set by?
Presidential succession (other than the Vice President) is ordered by laws passed by Congress. Laws that established or re-sequenced the line of succession include: Presidential Succession Act (1792) - Senate president pro tempore and House speaker next in line Presidential Succession Act (1886) - Cabinet replaced legislative successors Presidential Succession Act (1947) - re-added Speaker/president pro tempore in reverse order Postal Reorganization Act (1970) - removed Postmaster General Renewal of the Patriot Act (2006) - added Secretary of Homeland Security -
What was the purpose of the 1947 presidential succession act?
it is the presidents rghts
What act did President Truman sign on July 18 1947?
the Presidential Succession Act
What is the act called the fills in the vacated positions of the president and vice president?
The Presidential Succession Act
What did Catherine parr do to change the line of succession?
Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry the Eighth, was influential in Henrys passing the Third Succession Act in 1543. The Third Succession Act restored his daughters to the line of succession, after they were declared bastards.
What amendment covers presidential succession?
20 amendment There have been no Amendments altering Presidential Succession after the Vice President. That is set by Act of Congress. The only Amendments affecting Presidential Succession are the 20th, which provides for the Vice-President-elect to become President should a President-elect die before inauguration, and the 25th, which allows a new Vice-President to be appointed should that office fall vacant.The presidential succession Act of 1947
What set the order of presidential selection?
The first successor, the vice-president, is set by the Constitution. The rest of the list was set by an act of Congress. An amendment to the Constitution provides for a method of filling a vacancy in the vice-presidency.
In case the president is disabled the way the vice president is determined by the?
B. Presidential Succession Act.
If the President and Vice President cannot serve out their terms who is the next official in line?
According to the Presidential succession act of 1947, also known as 61 Stat. 380; 3 U.S.C. 19, the next in line is the Speaker of the House.
