Re: Alternatives to the Twenty-Fifth Amendment (on

Tim McDaniel wrote:

> In article <g4t7d9$1d0ek$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Aaron Kuperman <akup@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> > We could call a new election
> 
> Raymond Speer's original article in this thread asked about things
> that would require a constitutional amendment.  A special election for
> President does not.
> 
> > either to fill the unfinished term or to start a new four year
> > term. If we wanted to do it quickly, we could either reconvenee the
> > party conventions, or have the Congress nominate candidates (as was
> > done in the early 19th century).
> 
> Surely Congress had no part in nominating Presidents or electing them
> (unless the Electoral College did not produce a majority)!  Certainly
> party conventions could not elect a president.

I believe candidates used to be chosen by Congressional caucuses.

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