Speaker 2
say no, you just skip over to the next because the speaker is next in line of succession, but they still have to meet the qualifications for the presidency, which are not dependent on succession rules. It is their absolute minimum requirement. So I would think you would then skip over to the next eligible person in the line of succession, which President Pro Tem of the Senate is usually not a young whippersnapper.
Speaker 1
statutory. And so the constitution trumps. So even if David's wrong, that like, it's sort of assumed that you would just skip over supremacy of the laws, right? So you would look and say, ah, the statute says that this person becomes president. And then we'd look to the constitution and say, but that would be unconstitutional. And therefore we just go to the next person. I don't think David, that you would say that the entire line of succession act is unconstitutional. I think it would just be a pretty easy skip.
Speaker 2
Here's an interesting trivia question, which I did not know the answer to until I just Googled this instant. Who's the president pro tem of the Senate? Who's number currently? Grassley?
Speaker 2
Nope. He's Republican. It's a Democratic Senate. Oh,
Speaker 1
right. Who's the oldest senator? It was Dianne Feinstein, right? Don't know.
Speaker 2
It's Patty Murray. Patty
Speaker 1
Murray. Congrats, Patty Murray.
