Picture this.
It is January 5th.
Joe Biden resigns.
This would mean that Kamala Harris is the 47th President.
Already, all of the MAGA 47 merchandise is wrong.
Already, all of the programs that have been printed, will be wrong.
This would mean that all of the things which have been prepared for the incoming Trump presidency, will likely end up in Goodwill and other thrift stores and reject shops.
However, something else comes into play:
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt25-1/ALDE_00013871/
Section 1:
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
- Section 1, 25th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Okay, if Kamala Harris is the 47th President, according to the rules of the Constitution, not only would she be entitled to the normal Secret Service Detail as per the other former Presidents, something else immediately has to happen.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt25-1/ALDE_00013871/
Section 2:
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
- Section 2, 25th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Why would someone want to do this?
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-1/clause-3/
The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President.
- Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3, US Constitution
John Adams famously decried the office of Vice President as "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived" as the only three duties of the Vice President are:
1 - to be the replacement to the President upon their failure to exist as President any more
2 - to be the deadlock breaker in exactly tied votes in the Senate
3 - to act as President Of The Senate.
That third duty, is the duty that actually certifies the opening and the counting for the next term of the Presidency. It is either very boring, or a bit sad. Very rarely is it the job of a Vice President to certify the electoral college results for the person against whom they lost the election to. Probably Richard Nixon is the only person to have been made to suffer this, and I am very likely to be wrong in my guess.
Nevertheless, if Biden resigns, and Kamala is the 47th President, someone would have to become to the new VP. If I was acting out of pure spite, then I would Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be the next VP.
The Congress would HAVE to confirm AOC, because without a sitting Vice President, there is nobody legally to confirm the electoral votes on January 6th. If there is no VP, then we have a problem. Of course in this scenario, AOC would dutifully do the job of VP as President of the Senate and then declare Donald Trump as the next President... unless.
Harris resigns on January 7th.
Then what?
The 25th Amendment says that upon resignation, the Vice President shall become President. See above.
Of course Congress with two houses of Republican majority would then never confirm President Ocasio-Cortez' pick for VP but who cares? She's basically got two weeks to fire all kinds of crazy executive orders
Yeah, none of this is going to happen.
Still, the American people, after seeing what happened on January 6th four years ago, decided that they want a 34x convicted felon and a confirmed rapist in the White House. To be perfectly honest, my playing games of nonsense, is somehow more plausible than the real world.
