Here are some facts that I found from the web search results:
- The 2024 presidential election is expected to be a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, as both of them have indicated their intention to run again.
- However, some political analysts and observers have speculated about what would happen if Biden does not run in 2024, either because of his age, his health, his approval ratings, or his personal choice.
- If Biden does not run in 2024, the Democratic Party would have to choose a new nominee from a crowded field of potential candidates, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders, and others.
- The Constitution does not specify what would happen if nobody ran for president in 2024, but it does provide some guidelines for how to fill the vacancy in case of death, resignation, removal, or inability of the president or the vice president.
- According to the Constitution, if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the vice president becomes the president. If the vice president also dies, resigns, or is removed from office, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes the president. If the Speaker of the House also dies, resigns, or is removed from office, then the President pro tempore of the Senate becomes the president. And so on.
- According to the Constitution, if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes in the presidential election, then the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each state delegation has one vote. If no candidate receives a majority of votes from the state delegations, then the House continues to vote until a president is chosen. The Senate chooses the vice president from among the two candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each senator has one vote.
- According to the Constitution, Congress may determine by law who shall act as president in case of death, resignation, removal, or inability of both the president and the vice president. Congress has passed several laws to establish a line of succession for such cases. The current law is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
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