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Bookmark or Share- What officially disallows US presidents from driving?In practice, U.S. presidents try to avoid doing things (like driving) that make it harder for the Secret Service to protect the president. But if a president insists on doing something (such as riding a horse on a remote ranch, or cutting brush with a chainsaw on a large ranch), the Secret Service will accommodate him.
- Legally speaking in the United States, could a former two-term ...There is however some uncertainty as to whether the quoted portion of the 22nd Amendment makes the ex-VP "constitutionally ineligible to the office of President," or if it merely makes the ex-VP ineligible to win an election (which just so happens to bestow the presidency). –
- united states - Why don't US presidents run in other elections after ...The presidency, while loaded with perks, pays crap. All ex-presidents, while retaining many of the perks of office, are in demand as six-figure per speech speakers, as multi-million dollar authors, etc. See #2 - most feel they have earned a comfortable retirement. Politics is nasty business. It hasn't gotten more pleasant over the past few decades.
- Do former US presidents have the right to receive daily CIA briefings?George H.W. Bush is a man who has obviously incredible reach into the White House. He receives daily CIA briefings, which is the right of any ex-president, but very few ex-presidents actually exercise that right, but he does. If it's true, what's the supposed reason for this given that the ex-president doesn't hold the office of president anymore?
- In the US, can a former president run again?The basic problem there is that the twenty-second amendment talks only about election and doesn't prohibit people in the line of succession from taking office. Meanwhile, the twenty-fifth adds a new method of appointment for vice presidents without clarifying whether such appointees are limited by the twenty-second amendment.
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