presidential succession
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Sources for Succession• Constitution– Article II, Section 1,
paragraph 6 (as amended)• 20th Amendment– If president dies before
taking office, VP takes over as president
• 25th Amendment– VP to become pres if…
• Pres dead, resignation• Pres incapable of serving
Sources for Succession• Federal Laws– Presidential Succession Act of
1792 (Pres Pro Temp, then Speaker, then Cabinet member)
– Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (Flip flopped Speaker & Pres pro temp)
– Never an acting officer; only appointed & confirmed by US senate (& qualified to be president)
– Serve as pres until disability removed or new Pres elected
Current Order of Succession• Vice President Joe Biden• Speaker Nancy Pelosi• President Pro Tempore
Robert Byrd• Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton• Secretary of the Treasury
Tim Geithner • Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates• Attorney General Eric
Holder
Order of Succession• Secretary of Interior Ken
Salazar• Secretary of Agriculture Tom
Vilsack• Secretary of Commerce Gary
Locke• Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis• Secretary of Health and Human
Services Kathleen Sebelius• Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development Shaun Donovan
Order of Succession• Secretary of Transportation
Ray LaHood• Secretary of Energy
Stephen Chu• Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan• Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Eric Shinseki• Secretary of Homeland
Security Janet Napolitano
Safeguards for Succession• President and all successors
are never in the same place at the same time
• One eligible successor, one house member from each party, and one senator from each party are randomly selected and are held separate and apart from all others
• Purpose: to assure succession of government in event of death of everyone
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