Comment on If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen?
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 10 months agoNot only that, but there’s an entire line of presidential succession. It’s part of a broader concept of ‘continuity of government’. Basically, it ensures that there’s always anyone formally in charge. You could vaporise half the country including every senior official and there’d still be a legit, sworn in president in a few hours.
There’s basically contingencies upon contingencies. One interesting book on the topic is ‘Raven Rock’ by Garrett M. graff.
Candelestine@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The plotline of the show Designated Survivor. Follows Kiefer Southerland as a Sec of HUD that has to take over following a terrorist attack. He basically carries the show, it’s pretty good.
Orbituary@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Also of Battlestar Galactica, the documentary about our future, where the secretary of education is made president, but has cancer and survives for all of the seasons.
doctordevice@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Past*
Orbituary@lemmy.world 10 months ago
key@lemmy.keychat.org 10 months ago
The first couple seasons were
fartington@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The one guy from the show passed away recently, fuck cancer.