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Bookmark or Share- united states - Is there a legal way for US presidents to extend their ...The line of succession also does not check eligibility. We also even have a precedent for a former president (John Quincy Adams) becoming a member of the House (though certainly never Speaker, and in any event he long predates the 22nd amendment and only served one term as president to begin with).
- What are real-world examples of the "Slippery Slope"?Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme (Kirchner, 2010), rogue trading at UBS (Secker, 2011), and phone hacking at the News of the World (McGuire, 2012) have been described in similar terms. And the paper has 4 experiments proving its point that people are inclined for this kind of ethical slippery slope. Of course such experiments aren't usually ...
- united states - Is there precedent or are there procedures for a US ...There is no precedent for a president refusing to leave in the United states. There are Presidential transition laws that have been amended fairly regularly. These laws grant newly elected presidents and their team office space and clearances.
- Can the President of the United States ignore the Supreme Court ...48. There are no grounds for the President to declare the Supreme Court 'politically illegitimate' given that the Supreme Court is an institution that is directly established by the Constitution. Such a declaration would be grounds for the impeachment of the President, in my opinion. However, the online Constitutional Rights Foundation points out:
- Can a President be impeached after leaving office?Thus Belknap was acquitted in the Senate, but nevertheless the trial sets clear precedent that an impeachment and subsequent trial can both occur after the accused official has left office. From that we can conclude with near certainty that a President can similarly be impeached and tried after he has left office.
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