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Time to Review the 25th Amendment
American Thinker.com ^ | March 15, 2021 | Charles Sullivan

Posted on 03/15/2021 4:59:35 AM PDT by Kaslin

It is no accident that Joe Biden has not given a State of the Union address or had a press conference since his inauguration. He is simply not mentally capable of doing either. I predict that Kamala Harris will become president of the United States before the end of the year, pursuant to the 25th Amendment. The amendment was ratified by the states in 1967. A review of its provisions is in order.

Amendment XXV

Section 1.

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Comment: Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution states: "In Case of the Removal of the President from office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected."

What is "inability," and who determines what it is? What is "disability," and who determines what it is? When the vice president succeeds the president, does the vice president become the president, or is he only the vice president acting as president (on a temporary basis)?

In 1841, President William Henry Harrison died in office and was succeeded by Vice President John Tyler. Tyler asserted that he had become the president and was not the vice president acting as the president.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 25thamendment; camelfaceharris
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1 posted on 03/15/2021 4:59:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Hail to Chairman Jao? or Kamaltoe?


2 posted on 03/15/2021 5:04:50 AM PDT by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: Kaslin

I disagree.
The left want [the chattering class] to call for the 25th-A.
Then they can crow about how they are \real\ defenders of the Constitution and The Rule of Law.
I say, don’t fall for it.
Hold the line, patriots.


3 posted on 03/15/2021 5:19:29 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Patriots, stop looking at the politicians as enemies. Look at the complicit Legacy Media.)
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To: Kaslin

Who will be Kammy’s VP when she replaces Clueless Joe?


4 posted on 03/15/2021 5:20:28 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: Kaslin

ALL republican politicians should be DEMANDING to know who is running the Biden administration!!!


5 posted on 03/15/2021 5:20:33 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Why bother with the 25th Amendment if it is simply easier to remove a President by impeaching and convicting him? These articles about this issue never seem to point it out.


6 posted on 03/15/2021 5:24:19 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: Alberta's Child

:: it is simply easier to remove a President by impeaching and convicting him ::

You will have to give us some real-life examples of a President being impeached and removed from office.
Shouldn’t be too difficult, we’ve only had 46 “Presidents”.


7 posted on 03/15/2021 5:30:16 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Patriots, stop looking at the politicians as enemies. Look at the complicit Legacy Media.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Impeachment only applies to wrongdoing or misbehavior not illness or disability. The 25th Amendment was intended to handle physical or mental incapacity.


8 posted on 03/15/2021 5:32:49 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: PGalt; LS
I'll say it - given all the other losers who the left could have anointed as their candidate - Bernie, Hiawatha, Mayor Pete, Senator Comb-Fork, and Harris - having Dementia Joe as President* is the best outcome. All the others would be lucid, fighting, and have the full support of a fawning media.

This victim of elder abuse is MIA and when he is seen at a hardware store, he's visibly clueless. Press Secretary Coxsacki is a joke and the media is, well, not all that enthused and not all that full-throated.

Yes, clearly there is some shadow govt running the show, but at going on 60 days all they've achieved is $2t of pork and a few executive orders. With all levers of govt at their disposal, they should be rolling back everything.

LS said this a little while ago...we all thought it was TEOTWAWKI with Obama, but he was lazy and we came out ok...not great, but it coulda been worse.

It's early days with Bidet, but so far it's sort of shaping up similarly here. Fingers crossed.

9 posted on 03/15/2021 5:34:47 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Kaslin
I predict that Kamala Harris will become president of the United States before the end of the year

Kind of reminds me of that Far Side cartoon where these two goldfish are standing on their tails on the table outside their bowl while inside the bowl their little castle is engulfed in flames. One of the goldfish says to the other, "Whew! That was close", and then, after a moment's reflection says, "'Course, now we're equally screwed".

10 posted on 03/15/2021 5:36:37 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: DoodleBob

Watch out for Rocket Man...

https://patriots.win/p/12hkrGN9E7/kim-prank-call-/c/


11 posted on 03/15/2021 5:38:58 AM PDT by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: Kaslin

One of the things they considered with drafting the 25th amendment was the following scenario:

What if JFK had survived Dallas in a persistent vegetative state. What do they do then?


12 posted on 03/15/2021 5:40:53 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Kaslin

One of the things they considered with drafting the 25th amendment was the following scenario:

What if JFK had survived Dallas in a persistent vegetative state. What do they do then?


13 posted on 03/15/2021 5:43:33 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Texas Eagle

: ) Tex. It’ll be good on the 4th when you can celebrate and have BBQ thanks to Jao.

https://patriots.win/p/12hkrFDNj7/how-to-make-texas-feel-confused/c/


14 posted on 03/15/2021 5:44:07 AM PDT by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: Kaslin
before the end of the year, pursuant to the 25th...

I'd give it before the end of March.

“The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration..."

President Donald Trump.

15 posted on 03/15/2021 5:45:19 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: reg45

RBG comes to mind. No legal path to replace a Justice incapacitated and unable to articulate resignation.


16 posted on 03/15/2021 5:45:34 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The claim of consensus is the first refuge of scoundrels.)
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To: PGalt

Heh, heh.


17 posted on 03/15/2021 5:49:00 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: EC Washington

>Who will be Kammy’s VP when she replaces Clueless Joe?<

Hellary...and she and Commiela will take a walk over to Ft Marcy Park and, well, you know the rest.


18 posted on 03/15/2021 5:52:23 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: reg45

The 25th Amendment was also clearly intended to address a TEMPORARY situation — where the President is medically incapacitated or out of physical contact in a chaotic Cold War scenario.


19 posted on 03/15/2021 5:56:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Or just continue to use him as puppet so he can take all the blame. Anyone know what’s on all those EOs he signed? Especially the alleged blank ones.

No telling what they’ve cooked up. We’ll soon find out.


20 posted on 03/15/2021 6:01:33 AM PDT by qaz123
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