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The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with presidential succession and disability.
It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, and establishes how a vacancy in the office of the vice president can be filled.
It also provides for the temporary transfer of the president's powers and duties to the vice president, either on the initiative of the president alone or on the initiative of the vice president together with a majority of the president's cabinet. In either case, the vice president becomes acting president until the presidential powers and duties are returned to the president.
The amendment was submitted to the states on July 6, 1965, by the 89th Congress and was adopted on February 10, 1967, the day that the requisite number of states (38) had ratified it. source from Wikipedia
It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, and establishes how a vacancy in the office of the vice president can be filled.
It also provides for the temporary transfer of the president's powers and duties to the vice president, either on the initiative of the president alone or on the initiative of the vice president together with a majority of the president's cabinet. In either case, the vice president becomes acting president until the presidential powers and duties are returned to the president.
The amendment was submitted to the states on July 6, 1965, by the 89th Congress and was adopted on February 10, 1967, the day that the requisite number of states (38) had ratified it. source from Wikipedia
The 25th Amendment isn’t impeachment-lite. We shouldn’t treat it that way.
Trump isn’t incapacitated. In his case, impeachment is the proper way to try removing him.
Jan. 12 - On Sunday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote to congressional colleagues outlining steps that the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives plans this week. She called on Vice President Pence “to convene and mobilize the Cabinet to activate the 25th Amendment to declare the President incapable of executing the duties of his office.” On Monday, the House failed to pass, by unanimous consent, a resolution calling on Pence to “activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment,” but plans a floor vote on the measure Tuesday. On a parallel track, House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment, signaling a vote Wednesday if Pence doesn’t act in the interim.
Certainly, House members have grounds to act, but they’re taking a wrong turn: The 25th Amendment isn’t impeachment-lite. To remove President Trump, impeachment is the only correct constitutional mechanism. continue to read
Trump isn’t incapacitated. In his case, impeachment is the proper way to try removing him.
Jan. 12 - On Sunday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote to congressional colleagues outlining steps that the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives plans this week. She called on Vice President Pence “to convene and mobilize the Cabinet to activate the 25th Amendment to declare the President incapable of executing the duties of his office.” On Monday, the House failed to pass, by unanimous consent, a resolution calling on Pence to “activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment,” but plans a floor vote on the measure Tuesday. On a parallel track, House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment, signaling a vote Wednesday if Pence doesn’t act in the interim.
Certainly, House members have grounds to act, but they’re taking a wrong turn: The 25th Amendment isn’t impeachment-lite. To remove President Trump, impeachment is the only correct constitutional mechanism. continue to read
Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says
Jan. 10 - ..."As of Saturday evening, Trump and Pence still have not spoken since the Wednesday incursion at the US Capitol that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer, another source told CNN. The President has also not made any public comments denouncing death threats that have been posted on social media targeting Pence.
Pence has finally "gotten a glimpse of POTUS's vindictiveness," one source said, using the acronym for President of the United States.
Two sources familiar with the matter say Trump is angry at Pence and Pence is disappointed and saddened by Trump.
Trump put Pence in an impossible position, asking him to overturn the election results during Wednesday's joint session of Congress. When Pence explained that he could not do that and sent a letter to members of Congress that he would follow the Constitution, Trump used his Wednesday rally to egg on the crowd, telling them to march on Capitol Hill, and said of his vice president, "Mike Pence, I hope you're gonna stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country, and if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you, I will tell you right now. I'm not hearing good stories."
As CNN previously reported, aides to the vice president were outraged that Trump did not check in on Pence on Wednesday as he and his family were fleeing from the mob storming the Capitol.
The fracture is the first time that Pence has disagreed with Trump publicly. Pence has always been one of the President's biggest defenders, often softening his harsh rhetoric and lobbying for his priorities quietly and behind the scenes on Capitol Hill -- while vocally supporting the President at rallies throughout the campaign.
For now, the source close to the vice president said Pence and his advisers hope to provide a bridge to the next administration and do as much as possible to assist President-elect Joe Biden's team in preparing for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic"... continue to read
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