Trump: Obama is 'protecting' Clinton from 'going to jail'

The 12th Amendment seeks to prevent this, but its language may be insufficient (it was passed before term limits were set in the 22nd Amendment). From Wikipedia:

There is a point of contention regarding the interpretation of the >Twenty-second Amendment as it relates to the Twelfth >Amendment, ratified in 1804, which provides that "no person >constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible >to that of Vice President of the United States."

While it is clear that under the Twelfth Amendment the original >constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship, and residency >apply to both the President and Vice President, it is unclear >whether a two-term president could later serve as Vice President. >Some argue that the Twenty-second Amendment and Twelfth >Amendment bar any two-term president from later serving as >Vice President as well as from succeeding to the presidency from >any point in the United States presidential line of succession. >Others contend that the Twelfth Amendment concerns >qualification for service, while the Twenty-second Amendment >concerns qualifications for election, and thus a former two-term >president is still eligible to serve as vice president. The practical >applicability of this distinction has not been tested, as no former >president has ever sought the vice presidency. During Hillary >Clinton's 2016 candidacy, she said that she had considered >naming Bill Clinton as her Vice President, but had been advised it >would be unconstitutional.

The constitution does not restrict the number of terms a person can serve as Vice President.

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