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Trump and the 25th Amendment - Constitution or coup?
Fox News Opinion ^ | July 5, 2017 | Steve Kurtz

Posted on 07/05/2017 11:54:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In ancient Greece, the sons of great playwright Sophocles tried to have him declared incompetent because he spent so much time working on his tragedies and not enough taking care of his estate.

Something similar is happening today, where Donald Trump’s opponents want him declared incompetent because they say he concentrates so much on his tweets and doesn’t properly take care of his presidential duties.

The mechanism through which they hope to declare him unfit for office is the 25th Amendment. Adopted fifty years ago, the Amendment is a patch for the Constitution, dealing with matters of presidential succession.

In particular, Section 4 allows the Vice President to become Acting President if it’s determined the President is incapable of discharging his duties. This section is meant to handle situations where the President is injured, or has a stroke, or develops dementia. But some people see it as an escape clause.....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 25thamendment; democrats; impeachment; trump
The "deporables" will literally hang or shoot the people who do this. Don't they understand that?
1 posted on 07/05/2017 11:54:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump already has out worked other presidents with 133 appointees hamstrung by the Miserable Senate waiting for confirmation! Obama the commie had more people confirmed at this same point in his first term.

Getting so mad!


2 posted on 07/05/2017 11:58:51 AM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The scum know this won’t going anywhere. They are just pandering to their base.


3 posted on 07/05/2017 12:04:13 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell of this happening.

The VP must go along with it. A majority of a cablinet or committee and then a supermajority of both houses of congress must go along with it.


4 posted on 07/05/2017 12:05:59 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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The "deporables" will literally hang or shoot the people who do this. Don't they understand that?

I'm of the opinion that they don't believe there are enough of us out there who will have the guts to act should they attempt it. Or, they think that there are enough of them (armed liberals, lib-loyal LEO's & military) to prevent any Deplorable actions.

I also believe they have miscalculated wildly.

5 posted on 07/05/2017 12:11:02 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
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Unless the military has done a complete 180 since I left, they’re drinking the bong water.


6 posted on 07/05/2017 12:13:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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The left has a larger problem on their hands than this melodrama:

Democrats have promised their violent sheep that they can remove Trump one way or another. When is doesn’t happen, the VIOLENT SHEEP are doing to make their party pay the price.


7 posted on 07/05/2017 12:13:56 PM PDT by Moe-Patrick (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.)
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Nobody stopped the Kenyanesian Usurpation.........


8 posted on 07/05/2017 12:22:59 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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More mental masturbation by the democrats and media.

5.56mm


9 posted on 07/05/2017 12:24:01 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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Didn’t Russia’s Communists send their opponents to “mental hospitals”?

Hmmm.....

Is this gambit still MORE proof that the Dems are colluding with Putin to destroy America?


10 posted on 07/05/2017 12:28:59 PM PDT by pfony1
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The five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance

The Ctrl-Left was so deep into their fantasies of ordering normal people to OBEY that they cannot accept America's survival. They are stuck on stage 1 - denial. Stuck on stupid too, but that's another story.

11 posted on 07/05/2017 12:30:28 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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I'm of the opinion that they don't believe there are enough of us out there who will have the guts to act should they attempt it.

You are absolutely correct, and they have miscalculated badly. I, for one, am already pissed off.

12 posted on 07/05/2017 12:37:53 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The Bilderbergers are attempting to overthrow the Constitutionally Elected President)
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To: piytar; sheik yerbouty; unkus; vette6387

They’re digging their holes deeper and deeper. 2018 won’t be kind to them because they’re proving their insane.


13 posted on 07/05/2017 1:21:03 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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