Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[Kai "the spy"]

The 22nd Amendment specifies that "no person" can be elected president more than twice. I think it would be difficult to argue that a Hulk is a separate person rather than an alternate form of the same person. Apparently some scholars have argued that the alternate personalities of someone with dissociative identity disorder should be legally treated as distinct people, though I don't think that would hold up to medical analysis, since they're really just parts of a single personality that are dissociated from each other.

I think it's more likely that a person with Hulkism (to coin a term, I think) would be seen as a single person with a medical disorder than as two different people. After all, Article II specifies that "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America," singular. Two people cannot be President of the United States at the same time, so if a person with Hulkism were legally recognized as two people, they'd be disqualified from the office anyway.

"No person", you say?! So, could a dog be elected president more than twice? Quick, someone call the producer of Air Bud!

 

[The Nightmare Doctor]

"No person", you say?! So, could a dog be elected president more than twice? Quick, someone call the producer of Air Bud!

John Oliver has two separate web exclusive pieces on how wild that franchise has become...and continues to be, so I want this to happen  just to see his reaction to it!

 

[Jayson Poorknees]

"No person", you say?! So, could a dog be elected president more than twice? Quick, someone call the producer of Air Bud!

One has to also be a American civilian. The dog in question would have first needed to have been born in the United States and become granted rights equal to any human.

 

[Christopher]

"No person", you say?! So, could a dog be elected president more than twice? Quick, someone call the producer of Air Bud!

Sorry, no; the minimum age for a US president is 35, and dogs don't live that long.

 

[The Nightmare Doctor]

Sorry, no; the minimum age for a US president is 35, and dogs don't live that long.

They do if you're counting dog years.

 

[Christopher]

They do if you're counting dog years.

I just now thought of that, but I don't know if dog years are legally recognized.

Although we've seen that there are worse things than a dog president...

 

[Turtletrekker]

And Cosmo wasn't born in the United States.

 

[Set Harth]

Although we've seen that there are worse things than a dog president...

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