Comment on If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen?
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
Past*
Orbituary@lemmy.world 8 months ago
key@lemmy.keychat.org 8 months ago
The first couple seasons were
fartington@lemm.ee 8 months ago
The one guy from the show passed away recently, fuck cancer.