Impeachment != President Pelosi
by kevin lyda
Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 03:05:32 PM PDT
I'm getting tired of reading diaries here where people assume Pelosi will become President if Bush and/or Cheney are impeached. Unless both are impeached and removed from office at the exact same time, that won't happen. And since it would require cooperation from the Senate GOP to remove Bush and Cheney, that's not going to happen.
When VP Spiro Agnew resigned, President Nixon appointed Ford as VP (he was confirmed by the House and Senate). When Nixon resigned, Ford took over as President and he appointed Nelson Rockafeller (again, confirmed by the House and Senate). This means that the Senate GOP would also hold power over who gets appointed since they can fillibuster the confirmation.
This is all covered in the 25th Amendment.
Nancy Pelosi does not have a conflict of interest on impeachment (at least not on these grounds).
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