Rules on Succession

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1. When a sitting President dies during the term and a qualified Vice-President is in office, who becomes President for th…
2. Who is first designated by Article VII, Section 8, to act as President upon a qualifying vacancy in both the presidency…
3. From which group must the President nominate a Vice-President to fill a vacancy during the elected term under Article V…
4. At the beginning of the presidential term, the President-elect is alive but has not yet qualified. The Vice-President-e…
5. The President sends the Senate President and House Speaker a written declaration of inability to discharge the office's…
6. A President dies three years before the next presidential election. The incumbent Vice-President becomes President. The…
7. Both the President and Vice-President die in a disaster twenty months before the next presidential election. The Senate…
8. Distinguish the Vice-President-elect's role when, at the beginning of the term, the President-elect has not qualified f…
9. The President resigns validly while the Vice-President is in office. Explain the resulting presidential succession and …
10. Both the presidency and vice-presidency become vacant by death twelve months before the next presidential election. The…
11. To which two legislative officers must the Cabinet majority transmit its written presidential-inability declaration und…
12. Both the presidency and vice-presidency become vacant under Article VII, Section 8. If the Senate President cannot act,…