Can Barrack Obama be in Joes cabinet ?

[Beachnutt]

[msongs]

1. certain ly. and on the supreme court too nt

[unblock]

9. Just not at the same time LOL ;)

[better]

25. I really wish Hillary had gotten to put him on SCOTUS 4 years ago...

So he could deliver his first ruling in the stylings of Ted Cruz reading from the floor of the Senate:

We do not like this 'Citizen's United'.
You may not buy a Nation Divided.

We do not like these shadows attacking.
It has been tried and been found lacking.

Henceforth all funding shall be disclosed.
The special interests shall be exposed.

We heard your talk, we felt your bluster.
Now behold the price of a filibuster.

And we could forever thereafter call him "The Poetic Justice".

[dsc]

2. yep but he can't be the designated survivor on state of the union night

[exboyfil]

10. Why

He can still serve as President just not be elected.

[Dem4Life1102]

15. No he can't

He can’t serve more than two terms

[exboyfil]

19. That isn't what the amendment says

It refers to elected not assuming by succession.

[Dem4Life1102]

26. Rather thin argument

Not sure it would hold up in court.

[BGBD]

31. You don't have to

Be eligible to be president to be in the cabinet.

We have people on the cabinet right now who could not serve as President.

[Dem4Life1102]

32. Yes I know

[dsc]

16. I don't think he can serve he has had his two terms

no more President for him.

[unblock]

3. Not sure he'd want to, but of course.

He'd just be skipped over in terms of succession.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Why not?

If he's in a position that's in the line of succession he'd have to be skipped over if it came to that, but otherwise there's no reason he couldn't be. But would he want to do it?

[Sneederbunk]

5. Instead, should be appointed to next SCOTUS vacancy.

[El Supremo]

6. Hell yes.

And he could be a Justice on the Supreme Court, like Taft.

[Frasier Balzov]

7. I wouldn't think so.

All those cabinet secretaries are in the presidential line of succession.

(On edit, Yes subject to being skipped over. Now why didn't I think of that?)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. If it came to that he'd just be skipped over to the next in line.

[dsc]

13. they would just skip him

Albright couldn't be President when she was Clinton's Sec of State (she was born in Czechia) nor could Kissinger when he was Nixon's (he was born in Austria). I don't recall the order after that but they would just go to the next in line (Treasury maybe).

[Buckeyeblue]

8. Yes...but he won't be.

[PutGramaOnThePhone]

12. I don't ...

know, but I don’t think he would want be. He’s retired .

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. He won't be. Nt

[SMC22307]

17. How do you not know how to properly spell his first name after all this time?

Barack, not Barrack.

[blue neen]

22. Thank you.

I wanted to ask the very same question.

[SMC22307]

24. ...

[bdamomma]

18. Obama

Has served 8 years.

I don't think he would.

[JI7]

20. He "can" but he won't. He has more power and influence out of office now

[mtnsnake]

21. He'll stay retired from politics

and go out on the speaking circuit instead, spreading the word everyone needs to hear

[Blue_true]

23. Yes. nt

[tman]

27. He. Doesn't. Want. It.

[relayerbob]

28. Sure, but won't

[relayerbob]

29. Plus, he'll always only be a phone call away

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

30. .... and here is Michelle... n/t

[kskiska]

33. I'd guess the Supreme Court is kind of a boring job

It's cushy, there's not all that much work since clerks do a lot, but you get summers off.