Stumps wrote:
Non US so apologies if stupid question.
I know he couldn't stand for re-election as he was president for 8 years but can he stand again in the future?
The 22nd amendment of our constitution states that nobody can be elected president more than twice so President Obama could not be elected to a 3rd term.
A question that comes up a lot is if a president who is elected twice can serve as vice president and potentially assume the presidency? The answer is no. Our 12th amendment requires that vice presidents be elegible of being elected president. So President Obama could not serve as vice president and assume the office due to presidential incapacity.
However, I don't believe there is anything preventing a former president from serving in the House of Representatives. If President Obama was elected to the House of Representatives and became Speaker of the House he could conceivably assume the presidency if both the president and vice president were incapacitated. Pretty long shot but stranger things have happened