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June
27, 2024 a debate between Joe Biden, aka “the Corpse” and former
President Donald Trump was held on CNN and freely distributed to any
network or streaming service that wished to carry it. Not only the
nation but the world saw a display that those watching conservative
media had seen for the last thee years.
The
Corpse, gave new meaning to the word incomprehensible. Too many of
the corpse’s words were mumbles. Sentences finished wordless. He
said he fell asleep during the debate.
Aside
from the diehards, people thought the Corpse lost big time.
The
corpse took a weekend to discuss with his family if he should
continue running. The result of that discussion was a resounding yes.
Next we see that Hunter Biden is also attending the White House
meetings to keep track of the Corpse.
This
will not be a discussion of should he or should he not. It is a
discussion of “What does the Constitution say?”
From
Article II Section 2 I Quote the following from the United States
Constitution:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United
States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be
eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be
eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of
thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the
United States.…
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the
following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the
United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution of the United States."
That’s it. The Constitution does not in anyway state that the
President when running even have a “heartbeat”.
It seems that the founders did not consider that someone of the
Corpse’s condition would run for office. They assumed that those
running would be alive and coherent.
In fairness to the founders they did put this in the same article:
In
Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death,
Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the
said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the
Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death,
Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President,
declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer
shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a
President shall be elected.
But the Constitution itself did not define how a president would be
incapable. This is left to the Twenty-fifth Amendment:
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of
either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such
other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President
pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives their written declaration that the President is
unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice
President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the
office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his
written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the
powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a
majority of either the principal officers of the executive department
or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within
four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the
President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within
forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the
Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written
declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one
days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds
vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the
powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to
discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President
shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
If the president does not resign on his own, Section 4 defines a
method.
That said, it is the conclusion of editorialpinups.com that running
for the office as long as Article II Section 1 eligibility
requirements are met, there is no need for a heartbeat. Literally
speaking, a dead person, one with no heartbeat, could be elected to
be President of the United States. It is after the election that a
method is defined to remove.