joelthelion@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoWith the GOP primary basically over, what would happen if the supreme court were to bar Trump from candidacy?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down14
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareWith the GOP primary basically over, what would happen if the supreme court were to bar Trump from candidacy?joelthelion@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI would assume Congress would decide, and the President Pro Tempore would stand in until a replacement is chosen. I don’t think the VP can switch to the President if the President didn’t actually take office. But I’m not a constitutional expert.
I would assume Congress would decide, and the President Pro Tempore would stand in until a replacement is chosen. I don’t think the VP can switch to the President if the President didn’t actually take office.
But I’m not a constitutional expert.