Re: Sally Field is Spielberg's new first lady

From: David Johnston <david_at_block.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:17:23 GMT

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:07:15 -0400, George Peatty <peattyg47-1230_at_copper.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:12:53 GMT, jayembee <jayembeenospam_at_snurcher.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I doubt it will ever come before a court. A judge would likely
>>throw the thing out right from the git-go. And even it if wasn't,
>>then the issue would be appealed up to the SCOTUS. And even the
>>conservative SCOTUS we have today would acknowledge that the law
>>backs the idea that they are two separate people.
>
>More irrelevance. A good lawyer could stipulate that they are two people,
>and still object to Hilary's candidacy on the grounds that Bill has served
>the number of terms allowed by law, a fact which disqualifies her from
>serving ..

No he couldn't. Any lawyer who made such an arguement would be an extremely bad lawyer because there is in fact nothing in the constitution which forbids the wife of a former president from becoming president. Received on Fri Oct 05 2007 - 12:17:23 PDT