People have been elected posthumously to legislative positions; I bet the respective parties can pick whomever they want in the nominees' place, possibly even pre-empting the running mate's slot, and the electors can do what they want with respect to the final vote; irrespective of whatever state-imposed legal penalties there might be for faithless electors. The VP can probably refuse to certify within some reason.
1. Let's say in 2016 Hilary runs for president, could she select Bill as her running mate even though he has served two terms as president? 2. If yes, then could he take over if she died as president?
The 18th Amendment says you can't be *elected* to the office twice, so if you kept running for VP and the President kept dying, you could keep becoming President, I believe.
12th Amendment states that if you're not eligible for President, you're not eligible for Vice President. And Major, the 18th amendment is prohibition.
The 22nd amendment came after the 12th. When the 12th was created it was just saying the person has to meet all the qualifications to be president (be 35, citizen etc.). So the 12th amendment was never intended to impose term limits.
Whoops - 22nd. But the 12th isn't really relevant - the 22nd doesn't establish eligibility to BE President, just to run for President.
I have always wondered what would happen if Bachmann claimed that she doesn't just engage in political speech. Oh, now I know! <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S8R2TZ2D2bM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
