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Originally Posted by jfman
The mechanics elsewhere are less important than the underlying principle and what protections (or lack thereof) might exist in America.
The 20th Amendment implies Trump could continue to act as President so long as Congress agrees should a successor not be selected,
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Section 3 gives congress the power to nominate an acting president, but it does not give it the right to appoint someone who is not qualified. Again, because there is no provision to suspend the constitution of the United States, whoever occupies the Oval Office must be qualified as per the constitution. So they can’t nominate someone who has served 2 terms any more than they could nominate someone who was not a natural-born US American citizen, because the constitution explicitly prohibits that.