[Alberta's Child]

The 25th Amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both Houses of Congress.

Impeachment and removal only requires a simple majority in the House and a two-thirds vote in the Senate.

It’s EASIER to remove a President through impeachment and conviction than through some kind of bizarre 25th Amendment process.

[SauronOfMordor]

Except that impeachment is supposed to involve “high crimes and misdemeanors “, not simple incapacitation or mental decline.

[Leaning Right]

> It’s EASIER to remove a President through impeachment and conviction than through some kind of bizarre 25th Amendment process. <

Yes. Odd, huh?

But the 25A does have one advantage. It can *temporarily* remove a president rather quickly. If the VP and a majority of the cabinet agree, the president is out and the VP is the acting president. Congress isn’t even involved.

But if the ousted president then objects, Congress does get involved. And it becomes a real mess. Sometimes I think the 25A was not thought through very well.

[scouter]

The 25th Amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both Houses of Congress.

No, that's not true. Read it. It only requires two-thirds vote in both Houses of Congress if the President contests it, AND the Vice President and the Cabinet send another letter within 4 days to Congress saying "no, really, he can't do the job."