CLEP US Government

Category - Gov. Institutions

If President Grande and Vice President Lovely were both killed in a tragic skiing accident, who would become the new President of the United States?
  1. Secretary of State Jones
  2. Senate Majority Leader Knowsome
  3. Speaker of the House Constantino
  4. First Lady Grande
  5. Governor Sunbeam of California
Explanation
Answer: C - In case something happens to both the President and the Vice President, the Speaker of the House is next in line to become President. There are a series of laws in place laying out the chain of succession. If for some reason Speaker Constantino was not constitutionally eligible to become President, perhaps because he was in immigrant or not old enough, the succession would go to the next person in line, the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is usually the most senior senator of the majority party.
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