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« on: December 28, 2016, 10:30:50 PM » |
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Aug 9 1974 President Richard Nixon resigns from office.
Aug 9 1974 Vice President Gerald Ford becomes President.
Aug 20 1974 Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller for Vice President.
Questions:
1. If President Ford were to have died prior to Rockefeller's confirmation being completed, would House Speaker Carl Albert then become Acting President or would he become President?
2. Would Congress be legally permitted to carry on with the Rockefeller confirmation process for Vice President, and upon the confirmation of Rockefeller as Vice President, he is sworn in as Vice President, then sworn in as President?
3. Or would the Rockefeller confirmation process be halted, and the new President Carl Albert would nominate his own pick for Vice President?
Your feedback please.
Thank you.
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