Q: Does the Constitution provide a clause in which an ousted president could run again for the presidency?
—Jack McKinley, Atlanta
A: The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly say that a president who was impeached could not run again for office, James Pfiffner, a University Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, told Q&A on the News in an email.
“But if the former president was convicted of a crime after being impeached, it might be difficult. On the other hand, a president does not have to commit a criminal felony to be impeached,” he wrote.
He added that the meaning of “high crimes and misdemeanors” is fluid, and impeachment is fundamentally a political process.
Q: Can you tell me the net worth of former President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, John Kerry, and the combined net worth of Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry?
—Donnie Coker, Atlanta
A: Forbes reported in 2016 that Kerry is worth about $150 million, due to the assets of his wife's Heinz family fortune.
A Philadelphia Inquirer story in 2016 reported a higher number for John Kerry’s net worth, $194 million.
They have been married since 1995, and according to a 2013 CNN Money report, Kerry and his wife file separate returns.
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