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Wait a sec, if the Speaker or the President pro temp, or any other lower in the line official, assumes the presidential powers & duties (not the office). Why then do they have to resign their offices? Is this a confusion in the article? or a scholarly confusion, over a situation that's never occurred? [[User:GoodDay|GoodDay]] ([[User talk:GoodDay|talk]]) 16:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

:They indeed must resign their House/Senate office AND their House/Senate seat before assuming the powers and duties of the presidency. Movies and television depictions of such temporary transfers always seem to miss this detail. It all has to do with the Separation of Powers doctrine. [[User:Drdpw|Drdpw]] ([[User talk:Drdpw|talk]]) 16:58, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

::Someone cannot simultaneously serve in the legislative and executive branches. [[User:JTRH|JTRH]] ([[User talk:JTRH|talk]]) 17:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)