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Posted on 06/30/2017 9:23:55 PM PDT by brucedickinson
A Democratic congressman has proposed convening a special committee of psychiatrists and other doctors whose job would be to determine if President Donald Trump is fit to serve in the Oval Office.
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, who also teaches constitutional law at American University, has predictably failed to attract any Republicans to his banner.
But the U.S. Constitution's 25th Amendment does allow for a majority of the president's cabinet, or 'such other body as Congress may by law provide,' to decide if an Oval Office occupant is unable to carry out his duties – and then to put it to a full congressional vote.
Vice President Mike Pence would also have to agree, which could slow down the process – or speed it up if he wanted the levers of power for himself.
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One of my MD friends told me, years ago, that psychiatrists were all the people who couldn’t hack it in actual medical care, so psychiatry looked like a nice, clean, easy out for them. That’s definitely not true of all of them, but looks like it’s true for this lot.
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