It's how it's set up. President, VP, Speaker of the House...then it goes downhill faster. LOL

actually the order of alignment is pres, vp, senate then congress in seat arraignments as to who's next in line

head of senate is 3rd, speaker is 4th

Huh. I thought it was the other way. Ah, well.

so unless somebody rewritten the laws of usa civics

Huh. Better tell Google. LOL

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Presidential_line_of_succession

*shrugs* Anyways, Unless there's a major catastrophe, it's not something to worry about.

wikipedia lies

google lies

snopes lies

check .gov sites or constitutional law libraries

wiki should only be used for entertainment/movies/tv/games/fiction

Care to supply a link?

Looking at the Library of Congress right now, but they're dragging their heels.

https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0015401/ A .gov site, Library of Congress, Speaker of the House is third in succession.

well ya..i did double check..but pelosi is invalid unless she can get renominated for speaker on jan 3rd

if she loses the re-election...she's also invalid, then it goes to the next in line

So for right now, tonight, this second, she's it.

yeah wiki lied and said alan jackson was dead a couple weeks ago

ya but it's hardly ever both pres and vp are in the same location to go bye-bye to make pelosi new pres

Anyways, President, VP, Speaker of the House. I'm gonna go do something else.

well head of senate is next if pelosi loses the election, which makes her position of speaker of the house invalid

unless the head of the senate is on an election yr cycle

as well

then it goes to the next in line of succession ...which is sec of state

so we go from 4 elected, to about 10 or so appointed

For the line of succession after Pelosi, who would be the successor? Mitch McConnell?

Not McConnell, the president pro tempore, who is currently Chuck Grassley

I guess this would change once we get congressional term limits. :/

@gregoire It was the flag of the Kingdom of France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France#Kingdom_of_France

the only term limits i want is elected official term limits of 12yrs ...as in 12yrs total to any and all elected positions, no careers in office

so if u elected as mayor of ur city for 6yrs, then run for senator and get elected for 6yrs ..ur total time is used up at the end of ur first term as senator

i've even seen ppl in office for local elections for more than 20yrs...this has to stop

I see a problem in that because it's logical to start at a local level and work your way up in government. It gives you experience and also let's people know your position and stances better, along if you follow through. I'd rather it be say 12 years in a position or maybe 12 years per level (local vs state vs federal). Sure, someone could loophole this by serving x years in x position and then changing titles but it would allow progression without letting people get to the top and getting corrupt there.

gee...trump started at the top...didn't need any experience because he spent decades dealing with the local and national red tape assholes

anyway..3 terms in congress plus 1 term in senate = 12 yrs in gov

the old formula was for getting to the presidency ...learn all parts of the gov system then go for it, in other words..run for everything..but make senate last

majority of presidents after civil war were either ex senators or ex governors

Maybe 16 years in congress as the limit but that's just my opinion.