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minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoSo, if musk does become speaker of the house, he also is 3rd in the line of succession.
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoHe’s foreign born. He can’t legally be president… unless someone changes the US Constitution.
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoThe Constitution has changed many times https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution But, now that presidents can not be charged for “official” acts, who knows? https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5002157/supreme-court-trump-immunity
So, if musk does become speaker of the house, he also is 3rd in the line of succession.
He’s foreign born. He can’t legally be president… unless someone changes the US Constitution.
The Constitution has changed many times
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution
But, now that presidents can not be charged for “official” acts, who knows?
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5002157/supreme-court-trump-immunity