Comment on What is stopping the vice president from ever murdering the president?

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ultranaut@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

That logic doesn’t work because the official duties of the VP are both narrow and distinct from the President. Its not obvious that legal powers confer from the President to the Vice President in any way except under predefined circumstances. The VP would need to wait until those circumstances occurred, for example if the President was sedated for a medical procedure, and then do the official act while they have the actual powers of the Presidency behind them.

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