Can bill clinton become vice president?

Question

Can bill clinton become vice president?

Answer 1

No. Amendment XII states in part "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

Amendment XXII states in part "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once."

Bill Clinton has already been elected president twice.

Answer 2

yes he can become a vice president.. the law states he can not run a 3rd term for president but there is nothing to say he can not be a vice president..wouldn`t that be wonderful for us if he was a vice president to our next president Barrack Obama.. VIVA U.S.A. a vice president is not technically elected.. he is the running mate.. so if Barrack Obama is voted as president then his running mate is going with him..Technically we are voting and electing a president.. not a vice president..

Answer 3

12th Amendment:

“...no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

22nd Amendment:

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice..."

Bill Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to become President again (since he has been elected twice), so he's not eligible for Vice President.

Answer 4

I hope someone posts a verifiable answer, but in the meantime I will guess that the answer is "YES".

A former president is prohibited from being elected to the office of president more than twice.  There is no prohibition (that I know of) that a former president cannot run for VP.  If the president he served under dies (or leaves office) the VP would ascend to the Presidency for the remainder of that term only.

But again, I'm only guessing.

EDIT:  Those of you posting amendment XII and XXII are missing the word ELECTED.  No person can be ELECTED to the presidency after serving two other terms.  Under article 2 of the Costitution, no person is eligible for the presidency if they are not: 1.  a natural-born citizen of the United States; 2.  at least thirty-five years old;  3. a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

There is no prohibition on a president being selected and elected to the vice-presidency, unless they are disqualified under art. 2.  There is no law explicitly prohibiting it, no amendment to the constitution prohibiting it, and the Supreme Court has not interpreted the law to prohibit it.  Additionally, nothing prevents a former president from ascending to the presidency from the vice-presidency for the remainder of an existing term.  A two-term former prez just cannot be ELECTED to the PRESIDENCY.

My answer stands.

However, Congress may have the ability to prevent BILL CLINTON from being vice-president or president, because he was IMPEACHED.

Answer 5

No, he cannot.

Answer 6

Who would be crazy enough to ask him?  If Hillary is VP though, we get Bill as well.  Scary, huh?

Answer 7

The language in the constitution is a little tricky, but I would say yes.  Some may think he cannot because he's been elected president twice.  However, he is not ineligible to be president, because the constitution does not bar a twice-elected president from somehow succeeding to the office of president.  Thus, since he is technically eligible to be president (although not elected), he could be vice president.