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There are no encumberments on the Executive other than what are stipulated in the US Constitution. Congress could likely not pass legislation that would require some kind of ‘sanity’ or mental/physical fitness evaluation without violating the USC.

With respect to what they could get away with purely from a public approval standpoint, keep in mind the White House press corps helped the FDR administration keep his wheelchair confinement from the American public for years. The great unwashed had no idea he couldn’t walk.

White House press corps helped the FDR administration keep his wheelchair confinement from the American public for years. The great unwashed had no idea he couldn’t walk.

Respectfully, I believe this is a myth. The press certainly made a point of never showing FDR in a wheelchair, but I’m pretty sure everyone knew FDR was ‘crippled’. He was a founder of the March of Dimes, a charity devoted to curing polio—which is why his portrait graces the dime instead of a larger value coin. His visits to Warm Springs, GA, which was a polio treatment center were reported on as well.

Now, by late ‘44, it was obvious that FDR’s health was declining. I suppose the press didn’t point it out because it was war time. I know that both my parents told me they were shocked when FDR died in ‘45.

Thing is polio and his using braces to stand had no effect on his abilities to act as President. If Biden’s mental acuity is as much diminished as it appears, that certainly does affect his ability to do the job we’re told he was elected to.