Anonymous ID: 024372 Sept. 28, 2018, 12:42 p.m. No.3236099   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6154 >>6458

Why is Ryan still in office?

Could it be to act as President if both Trump and Pence are removed from office?

 

The original Constitution provides that if neither the President nor Vice President can serve, the Congress shall provide law stating who is next in line. Currently that law exists as 3 USC 19, a section of the U.S. Code. This law was established as part of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. There, the following line of succession is provided:

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Secretary of State

Secretary of the Treasury

Secretary of Defense

Attorney General

Secretary of the Interior

Secretary of Agriculture

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary of Labor

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Secretary of Transportation

Secretary of Energy

Secretary of Education

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Secretary of Homeland Security

 

https://usconstitution.net/consttop_succ.html