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Next President
hypothetical
institutional
legally consequential
unnamed
An unnamed, hypothetical successor invoked as the institutional heir to presidential decisions. The Next President functions as a rhetorical stand‑in for future executive interpretation of precedent, especially regarding capital punishment and Eighth Amendment consequences. Never appearing on screen, this figure concentrates the episode’s forward‑looking legal and political anxieties: who will inherit the legal complications if the sitting President commutes or leaves a sentence in place. The entity operates narratively as a constraint and foil, pressuring current leaders to weigh conscience against institutional continuity.
3 appearances
Also known as:
the next President,
the next guy,
the next president,
the next guy in office
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