The 25th amendment says:
4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
This bill establishes "such other body" under the 25th amendment.
-PJ
Well, Yes.....if that is this idiot’s way out of accepting Trump, then let him get it implemented by a new Amendment.
To my mind, you could put all the living ex-Presidents in a bag, shake it up, and guess what you’d have?
[Expletive not needed]
This isn’t as much of a stunt as you may think.
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Yeah, it is.
Clearly the 25th says what it says but just as clearly it can ONLY apply to the President in office at the time. Trump was NOT the president until January 20 and immediately upon taking the oath of office Obama and his entire elected Administration were out of power.
No previous President, or VP has authority to do anything since they are no longer in office.
I agree it is legal, but the politics aren’t there.
In other words, this is NOT going to garner much support, and it will not even get a floor vote.
And even IF the democrats were to win Congress, in 2 years time Trump will either have drained the swamp or failed.
Having a failure in the White House is actually good for the dems.
But still, the anti-Trump hysteria is starting to wear off. I can’t see it being sustained at this high level all the way into the 2018 Congressional elections.
Trump’s doing better now. We see it recently with his actions overseas. He’s showing the world what a REAL president does with American power. His ratings are going up. Another report posted here says Trump is starting to get better ratings with Millenials.
I believe he’ll continue to do a much better job. I can see a trickle of hope that will soon be a flood. I hate to quote the murderous bastard, but Osama bin Laden once said, “people bet on a strong horse”.
As Trump grows stronger and his policies start to have an effect, I think we’ll see crap like this disappear, too.
Maybe I should have been more clear. I agree with your reading of the 25th. My expression was merely to reflect the reality of getting such a notion approved.
To the broader issue you bring up, well, I *DO* wish there was a higher level of Constitutional literacy in this country.
It’s still a stunt.
The 25th Amendment is there to remedy physical or mental incapacitation.
This idiot wants to set up a purely political removal process.
HUGE difference.
This moron wants to be able to remove any president by triggering the “Past President’s Clause”, rendering elections worthless.
If Trump would sign such a law, then he IS crazy and should be removed.