dag, no. vp, speaker, pres. pro tem. of the senate, then sec. of state., and so on..

fin.

theevilcomputernerd is indeed incorrect james. the constitution has no such requirement for the vp to eligible for the presidency. while it may have been previously implied (e.g. when the vp was decided by the candidate receiving the second most electoral votes), there is no current explanation to back up this idea. even if the age, time in u.s., and natural born citizen requirements do exist for the vp as well (and the constitution is not clear on this either), it says nothing of term limits.

amendment 22 which sets presidential term limits is similarly loose with language and therefore this hypothetical bill as vp could take over presidential duties upon the president's death/removal. perhaps for up to 2yrs (and perhaps more.)

and even if it were ruled unconstitutional for him to gain that office, there is a line of succession in place, in which case the vp would just be skipped. for a good example of this just go back to sec. of state madeline albright under clinton. if the presidential office had fallen to her (4th in line) it would have skipped over her to the sec. of treasury as she was not a natural born citizen.

cheers.