# Does the President have a cool uniform?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-president-have-a-cool-uniform/346768 "2006-03-02T16:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-president-have-a-cool-uniform/346768/41 "2006-03-06T16:46:16Z")

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Here’s a bit of the US Code [Title 10, A, II, 49, Sec 973 yadda yadda yadda](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000973----000-.html) dealing with officers holding elected offices.

Basically, there’s a few restrictions–the most obvious of which being, that it cannot interfere with the military duties required. I would imagine anything outside of a municipal function _may_ get to be too much of a hassle to juggle both jobs at once, but hey, some clowns can juggle pretty well.

But, take it FWIW.

Tripler  
I can juggle too. But I prefer the term “court jester”.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-president-have-a-cool-uniform/346768/42 "2006-03-07T01:45:26Z")

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I guess this one just can’t be a GQ thread. I think the OP is answered.

**CC**. I appreciate your reply about my admonition. Points.

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