What if Ronald Reagan died from a gunshot wound?
If you mean from the March 30, 1981, assassination attempt, he very nearly did. Had the shot proved fatal, George HW Bush would’ve become President and probably had a very miserable time of it, as the ultra-conservatives who dominated Reagan’s Administration neither liked nor trusted him. He would not have had the political clout to push Reagan’s agenda through Congress, even with the sympathy factor, and would probably have been challenged for the nomination in 1984 by someone like Secretary of State Al Haig.
Who decides where the Presidential Inauguration is held?
The only inauguration element mandated by the United States Constitution is that the president make an oath or affirmation before that person can "enter on the Execution" of the office of the presidency. The president elect can decide the location. From the presidency of Andrew Jackson through that of Jimmy Carter, the primary Inauguration Day ceremony took place on the Capitol's East Portico. Since the 1981 inauguration of Ronald Reagan, the ceremony has been held at the Capitol's West Front. The inaugurations of William Howard Taft in 1909 and Reagan in 1985 were moved indoors at the Capitol due to cold weather. The War of 1812 and World War II caused two inaugurations to be held at other locations in Washington, D.C.
Was the Bush family involved in President Reagan's assassination attempt ?
"Neil Bush, son of the then vice president of the United States, was scheduled to have dinner on March 31, 1981, with Scott Hinckley, brother of John Hinckley, the day after a bullet came within an inch of making Neil Bush's father the new president of the United States." NEIL BUSH (AND HIS FAMILY) http://www.nathanielblumberg.com/neil.ht... "John Chancellor, eyebrows raised, informed the viewers of NBC Nightly News that the brother of the man who tried to kill the president was acquainted with the son of the man who would have become president if the attack had been successful. As a matter of fact, Chancellor said in a bewildered tone, Scott Hinckley and Neil Bush had been scheduled to have dinner together at the home of the vice president's son the very next night." HINCKLEY: HIT MAN FOR THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT http://www.geocities.com/northstarzone/H... "Neil Bush was scheduled to have dinner with Scott Hinckley on March 30th, 1981 - the day that then President Reagan was shot by Scott's younger brother John Hinckley, Jr. (the Hinckley Family and the Bush family were in the energy industry). The dinner was canceled. Additionally, the Bush family and Hinckley family are related, both having descended from Thomas Hinckley (born 19 Mar 1619, Hawkhurst, Kent, England; died 25 Apr 1706, Barnstable, MA) who was Governor of Plymouth Colony from 1658-1681." Bush-Hinckley Connection http://www.answers.com/topic/neil-mallon...
A president can serve two 4 year terms for a total of 10 years. How it this possible?
If a president dies in the second two years of his term, his vice president can run for two four-years terms = 10 years. If a president dies in the first two year of his term, his vice president can only run for one four-year term because a second term would be more than 10 years.
Shorty after taking office, president---was wounded in an assassination attempt as he left a hotel in washingt
Ronald Reagan
Important events/facts about Ronald Reagan?
Events and Accomplishments of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency: Soon after Reagan took office, an assassination attempt was made on his life. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. shot six rounds at Reagan. He was hit by one of the bullets which caused a collapsed lung. His Press Secretary James Brady, policeman Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy were also all hit. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed to a mental institution. Reagan adopted an economic policy whereby tax cuts were created to help increase savings, spending, and investment. Inflation went down and after a time so did unemployment. However, a huge budget deficit was created. A lot of terrorist acts occurred during Reagan's time in office. For example, in April 1983 an explosion occurred at the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Reagan claimed that five countries typically harbored aided terrorists: Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, and Nicaragua. Further, Muammar Qaddafi was singled out as the primary terrorist. One of the major issues of Reagan's second administration was the Iran-Contra Scandal. This involved several individuals throughout the administration. In exchange for selling arms to Iran, money would be given to the revolutionary Contras in Nicaragua. The hope was also that by selling arms to Iran, terrorist organizations would be willing to give up hostages. However, Reagan had spoken out that America would never negotiate with terrorists. The revelations of the Iran-Contra scandal caused one of the major scandals of the 1980's. In 1983, the U.S. invaded Grenada to rescue threatened Americans. They were rescued and the leftists were overthrown. One of the most important events that occurred during Reagan's administration was the growing relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Reagan created a bond with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who instituted a new spirit of openness or 'glasnost'. This would eventually lead to the downfall of the Soviet Union during President George H. W. Bush's term in office....
What should happen with the White House if the president had a stroke leaving him unable to speak and function?
This situation would, most likely, result in the implementation of Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution. Per the terms of this section, if both the Vice President and a majority of the members of the president’s cabinet believe that the President of the United States is incapacitated (be it physically, mentally, or any other situation that they believe renders the president unable to do his or her job), they must notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate that the president is incapacitated. As soon as they do that, the president is relieved of duty (but not removed from office) and the vice president becomes Acting President of the United States.Once the disability (whatever it is) no longer exists (let’s assume the president goes through rehab as well as physical and occupational therapy to the point that he or she feels ready to go back to work), the president would then notify the Speaker and President pro tempore of his or her intention to resume the powers and duties of the presidency. Should the vp and cabinet not agree with the president that he or she is now functional, they would so notify the Speaker and President pro tempore within four days of the president’s declaration of fitness, at which time Congress would have to decide the situation. If both houses of Congress vote by a 2/3 majority that the president is still incapacitated, the VP remains Acting President.This type of scenario has never been implemented since it was written into the US Constitution in 1967. Many scholars and historians (myself included) are of the conclusion that it should have been used in March, 1981 after Ronald Reagan was shot. However, Vice President George HW Bush was out of Washington at the time, and by the time he returned to DC, Reagan was already out of surgery with a strong prognosis, so Bush decided not to ask the cabinet to invoke this procedure.As a piece of added info, Section 3 of the same amendment provides for a president voluntarily surrendering power to the VP by using the same notification procedure, if he or she knows a disability exists or is going to exist. This part has been used three times—once by Reagan in 1985 when he was having surgery, and twice by George W Bush (in 2002 and 2007, I think) when he was undergoing routine medical testing that required sedation for an hour or so.
How many US Presidents have been assassinated?
Do you mean United States Presidents?In total, we have lost four.Abraham LincolnJames A. GarfieldWilliam McKinleyJohn F. KennedyThere have also been twenty assassination attempts and conspiracies to assassinate. I’ll give you the Wikipedia link: List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots - Wikipedia