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Platapus · 02-14-16, 12:41 PM

So far only one US President has gone to be later a Justice. That was William Taft and there were 8 years between leaving the presidency and becoming a Justice.

I don't know if we will ever have an ex-president holding an official office any more

There is a common cultural elief that a former president should not hold other offices. This was one of the rationals for the The Former Presidents Act of 1958 (3 U.S.C. § 102)

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,413 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	So far only one US President has gone to be later a Justice. That was William Taft and there were 8 years between leaving the presidency and becoming a Justice. I don't know if we will ever have an ex-president holding an official office any more There is a common cultural elief that a former president should not hold other offices. This was one of the rationals for the The Former Presidents Act of 1958 (3 U.S.C. § 102) __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.