Re: Paradise "Wildcat Is Down"

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

. . .

What would be the legal situation if the President's term was up BUT
there was a war or some other crisis underway such that we couldn't
run an election? Does the President keep acting as President until
such time as there can be an election? Is it just an unknown
situation?

If the United States of America still exists, we know that the term of
office ends on a date definite, as I pointed out in my other followup.
Robert's Rules of Order suggests "or until his successor is elected and
qualified" in sample bylaws but that's not in the Constitution.

With invasion or natural disaster, then the election would be held in
sone states but not others. In some states, there may be time for the
legislature to meet, get rid of the election, and just appoint electors.

If the argument is made that no president has been elected, then it
falls to the House of Representatives; the Senate appoints the vice
president. There is a provision that if the president-elect dies or
doesn't qualify, then the vice-president-elect gets sworn in as
president.

If Congress cannot meet, then I guess provisions if the 25th Amendment
apply or you get the Secretary of Education as designated successor, a
la Battlestar Gallactica. What was Kiefer Sutherland, Secretary of Labor?