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« on: November 17, 2018, 02:47:17 PM » |
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Currently, by tradition, the Senate President Pro Tempore title is given to the most senior member of the majority caucus. Naturally, this means that nine times out of ten, the Pro Tem is very, very old, usually in their late 70s or 80s.
It wasn't always this way, but that was when the title had more weight to it. Now, it's more honorary. but that hasn't stopped the Pro Tem, constitutionally, from being third in line for the Presidency should anything happen. With that in mind, do you think it is a good system?
I don't think it is. The Pro Tem is, in theory, always three bullets or heartbeats away from the Oval Office, and I, personally, am not comfortable with the idea of having a President in their 80s. I remember hearing somewhere that Byrd, Inouye, and Hatch all recused themselves from the line of succession, but it doesn't make the thought any more sobering to me. They would still, by law, be President, even if briefly.
Thoughts?
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