Rules Former Presidents Have To Follow

Just because you were once the commander in chief doesn't mean you can now do whatever you want, from driving cars to using cell phones, these are the

rules

former

presidents

must

follow

. One of the biggest advantages of being president is not. having to deal with traffic every day, on the one hand you

have

drivers who can take you anywhere you need to go and on the other hand the secret service can block traffic to ensure your safety, is no fun for anyone else in the road, but Hey, you're the president and you

have

important things to do.

There is a downside, although once a president's term ends, they will never be able to drive a car on an open road again. The reason is because of the lifetime secret service that all

former

presidents

have. After all, one of the least safe places you can be is on the road and that's just under normal circumstances. Add in that former presidents are always a target and things get even more complicated, so to ensure their safety they are not allowed to hit the road. road as george w bush explained to jay leno that he is only allowed to drive on his private property, away from reckless drivers or people who wish to harm him, he must be driven everywhere by secret service agents trained in evasive driving maneuvers and defensive, the rule was instituted after the assassination of john f kennedy in 1963 lyndon b johnson was to date the last president to drive on public roads one of the president's most important duties is to be aware of any potential security threats Of the United States, these briefings are held constantly throughout a president's term, even several times a day if necessary, because the world is always changing and unexpected threats can arise.

You would think that former presidents would no longer have to worry about such things since they are retired from work and are now private. citizens, but you would be wrong: they continue to receive national security updates for the rest of their lives, not necessarily because they are expected to actively do something about it, but in case they have any advice they can offer to the current administration or if they receive La The press asked them about the situation, even if being president is no longer their job, they still need constant updates on what is happening. This actually made news in 2018 when President Donald Trump allegedly threatened to revoke Barack Obama's access to national security briefings, according to Newsweek.

It was rumored that President Trump did not know that the former presidents received the briefings and had to be informed that this was normal and that there was nothing to worry about, although Trump later said that these rumors were not true, regardless of whether he actually Whether it happened or not, the story shed light on what kind of access former presidents have to daily information about the country's security. Have you ever noticed that everyone who serves as president receives a library named after them when they leave office? post? There is a good reason for this: it is a law that the 1955 Presidential Library Act established that each president would oversee the creation of a library in his name, while having a library named after him is definitely a big plus. .

Residential libraries are a little different, containing every unclassified word a president has ever written in office, including things. That may not be as good, like Bill Clinton's library in Little Rock, Arkansas, which features information on his impeachment scandal. They are not allowed to keep certain materials out of their libraries, since anything created during a president's term is legally considered public property. It was decided after richard nixon tried to omit materials about the watergate scandal the lights are out and they must be looking for a fuse box or something because in flashlights they keep me awake individual presidents have some control over how much the topic appears although, For example, George W.

Bush's library in Dallas, Texas, mentions his invasion of Iraq, but rather than shying away from it, the materials on display defend his decision to go to war. We all assume that the government is listening to everything we do. Days, especially after numerous scandals emerged over the past two decades in which the government was caught doing exactly that by surveilling American citizens without a warrant, the intelligence community has since sought to clean up its image by being more transparent by respect and now requires court orders. However, in many situations, the Secret Service often obtains exceptions to these

rules

in cases involving the security of current and former presidents; for example, according to Hill, the Secret Service obtained an exception to justify laws regarding so-called stingray devices that can monitor location. of cell phones with the department of homeland security arguing that it was impractical to require them to obtain court orders to monitor the president and other important people, while this particular device does not monitor the content of communications transmitted by the phones, this is just one of many techniques. that law enforcement can use for surveillance and the Secret Service has fairly broad jurisdiction to keep former presidents safe, whether through threatening phone calls, suspicious tweets or anything else, routinely monitoring a president's communications or former president is an invasive but necessary activity that the secret service has.

Former presidents don't have much privacy and those nosy secret service agents can even check your mail. Plain old mail from a former president, and the packages must be examined by agents beforehand. can be delivered, which may seem excessive, but they have detected several dangerous deliveries by doing this even in 2018, according to Bloomberg law, the secret service successfully identified explosives en route to former presidents bill clinton and barack obama, among others vip targets and It's not just a random agent checking and opening the former president's mail on the way back from his mailbox; everything is inspected off-site by trained security personnel with knowledge in handling explosives, dangerous chemicals, etc., each male piece is meticulously examined for any possible threat to the former president, furthermore, secret service agents are not the Only monitoring the former president's mail, the United States Postal Service is also in on the act, as they monitor any suspicious packages sent in the mail, no matter who they go to through a program called Dangerous Mail Investigations which sounds like a show that cbs will pick up any minute now is complete nonsense in my opinion every once in a while you just need some alone time people go for a walk find a quiet room or whatever they need to find a little of peace and quiet, if you become president, might be a bad idea because you are literally never alone and that continues even after you have left office.

The details of the secret service are something that runs 24/7 and Former secret service agent jonathan wackrow described presidential protection to nbc news as the most intrusive thing anyone could experience - basically, you're constantly surrounded of people you barely know and since agents can be swapped or transferred, it is likely that former presidents will be surrounded by strangers for the rest of their lives and these agents do not take a break when things are not going well like when there are arguments between spouses agents are even with former presidents during the holidays imagine not being able to eat thanksgiving dinner without a group of people in black suits stationed nearby this actually happened to donald trump when he was president-elect when he and his family sat down for dinner at Mar-a-Lago more than 150 Secret Service agents were also there since The family members who attended had their own Secret Service details.

Being one of the most powerful individuals in the world might seem like it would include the ability to do almost anything you want well. This is not necessarily the case because of that. Secret service 24/7/365, it's hard to be spontaneous if a normal person wants to go to Starbucks and have a big French vanilla latte or whatever, they just head over There, you have your coffee and continue with your day because of a large secret service detachment of the former president, although anything they want to do, even normal everyday things, becomes a huge task, think of something you like to do every day, like taking a walk or going out to dinner, now imagine having to do that with an entourage of strangers who disrupt everyone around you for the rest of your life, for example, President Barack Obama made a career at Starbucks while he was still in office and ended up with the Secret Service blocking much of the street and turning pedestrians away from the President, the President even asked the Secret Service to give him some space, just a small indicator of what Frustrating as constant security must be.

Speaking of President Obama, he was a pretty notorious fan of playing basketball, something he spent a lot of time doing in his private life. and as a senator, once he became president, although the secret service told him they needed four hours' notice before such a game, which President Obama didn't make very happy, according to NBC News, so what should he do? What would a former president do if he gets tired of everything? these rules and stipulations that they have to

follow

, why even be president if you can't spend your retirement years doing whatever you want? Well, there is a way they can get out of having to deal with all of this and go back to how things were before they took office by rejecting the secret service detail, as it turns out this is a real option, the secret service It only protects those who accept the protection if a former president or anyone else with security details waives those protections they are free to accept. take responsibility for their own security or perhaps hire their own private security who might be willing to allow them to do more things without restrictions.

Former President Richard Nixon actually did this in his later years, although the reason he gave was to save the government some money. to the New York Times then, in 2017, President Trump's son Donald Jr. voluntarily rejected Secret Service protection, as the Times reported, citing privacy as his reason for doing so, while the Secret Service strongly discourages protected to choose to do this, it is absolutely an option if a president ever wants to drive his own car again, check out one of our newest videos right here and there will be more grunge videos on presidential history coming soon, subscribe to our YouTube channel and Press the bell so you don't miss any.