Here’s A ‘What If’
September 20, 2020 at 5:17 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2020 at 5:19 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Let’s assume Biden wins in November. Let’s further assume that Trump doesn’t contest the result, and even shows good sportsmanship by attending the inauguration (remember, this is a hypothetical).
On Inauguration Day, but before either Harris or Biden are sworn in, Trump has a massive coronary and dies on the spot. Pence is now, legally, the President. After the necessary delays, Biden is duly sworn in at noon and Pence is now a former President.
Question: having been President for just, say, two hours, would Pence get all the perks of a former President? Presidential pension, portrait in the White House, Presidential library, ongoing Secret Service protection, etc?
I’ve looked - briefly - online, but there doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer on this.
Put another way, is there a minimum amount of time a President has to serve in order to be entitled to all the post-Presidential goodies?
Boru
On Inauguration Day, but before either Harris or Biden are sworn in, Trump has a massive coronary and dies on the spot. Pence is now, legally, the President. After the necessary delays, Biden is duly sworn in at noon and Pence is now a former President.
Question: having been President for just, say, two hours, would Pence get all the perks of a former President? Presidential pension, portrait in the White House, Presidential library, ongoing Secret Service protection, etc?
I’ve looked - briefly - online, but there doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer on this.
Put another way, is there a minimum amount of time a President has to serve in order to be entitled to all the post-Presidential goodies?
Boru
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