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Originally Posted by Vulcan
That's how I understand it.
When Nixon resigned before he could be impeached the Vice President [Ford] took over.
The original Vice president [Agnew] had already resigned after being convicted of tax evasion, so I believe the leader of Congress became Vice President [Ford] and eventually President.
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According to the constitution, in the event the President can no longer execute his duties (in the event of sickness, death, or impeachment) the Vice President assumes the powers of office. In the event both the President and Vice President are unable to execute their duties, the Speaker of the House assumes the duties of the President's office. If Bush and Cheney were both removed from office, Nancy Pelosi becomes President. There is the other reason why the Democrats do not move forward with impeachment proceedings. Cheney would become President, which is worse than Bush, and if both got taken out through impeachment proceedings, Pelosi and the Democrats would inherit the quagmire of Iraq and all the negatives the Bush administration has working against them, and without a mandate. Impeachment is not a probability just based on the potential for it to be worse for the Democrats than it is now. As sad as that is, that's likely their reasoning for not pushing forward on impeachment.