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Constitutional FAQ Answer #20 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q20. “How old must the VP be? If the VP is less than 35 and the President dies and the VP is sworn in as President, who determines if he is eligible for the office?” A. The…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #2 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q2. “[I] am trying to find out if presidential elections are held during war?” There is nothing in the Constitution that addresses this question directly, which essentially means that elections must be held as spelled out elsewhere…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #19 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q19. “In Article 2, Section one, it states that someone can be president if they ‘have been a 14 years resident within the United States.’ Also, in Article 1, Sections 2 and 3, it states the years…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #18 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q18. “I would like a short list of other countries which have used our Constitution as a blueprint for theirs.” A. I’ve read that all constitutions since ours was adopted have been influenced by ours in some…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #17 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q17. “Beyond the Bill of Rights, few Constitutional amendments have radically altered the American system of government. Slavery was actually abolished by warfare, rather than legislation. In all probability a new Supreme Court majority would have authorized…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #163 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q163. “In Article IV section 4 it states ‘The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,’ however it never states what that means exactly. Could a state have a…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #162 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q162. “I was wondering if there is anywhere in the Constitution that says Congress cannot pass laws that don’t pertain to themselves. If this is some place else please let me know where to find it. I…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #161 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q161. “Your site says that the Constitution has been changed 18 times, but there are 27 amendments. What gives?” A. There are, indeed, twenty-seven amendments to the Constitution. The first ten, however, were all adopted at once.…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #160 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q160. “In some blog posts lately, I’ve heard that Hillary Clinton can’t be Secretary of State, but some other posts say she can be because of the Saxbe Fix. What’s this all about?” A. One of the…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #16 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q16. “I have been on the net for about an hour reading all I can find about informal changes which have occurred in the Constitution during the last 200 years. Which kind of change, formal or informal,…