![]() However, the 25th Amendment says it doesn’t necessarily have to be the Cabinet that makes the call on presidential inability. (If the president disagrees that he’s unfit and fights to reclaim his powers, it would take a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate to keep him sidelined.) The amendment does not define what “inability” entails, but it has often been discussed in terms of physical incapacitation, dementia, or even just erraticism. Trump OctoWhat would this bill actually do?Īs often discussed in the Trump era, Section 4 of the 25th Amendment lets the vice president and a majority of Cabinet secretaries temporarily deprive the president of his powers, if they declare his inability to serve in office. The Dems want that to happen fast because Sleepy Joe is out of it!!!- Donald J. ![]() ![]() And indeed, Trump soon responded with a tweet baselessly accusing Pelosi of planning to invoke the amendment to replace an eventual President Biden with his vice president, Kamala Harris.Ĭrazy Nancy Pelosi is looking at the 25th Amendment in order to replace Joe Biden with Kamala Harris. For now, it’s just an idea.īut in the context of the Trump era, holding a press conference on the 25th Amendment is akin to waving a red flag in front of a bull. Pelosi described this as a general good government reform proposal for the future, saying it is “not about President Trump,” whom she said will “face the judgment of the voters.” Indeed, there’s no chance this bill will be passed or signed into law this year. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), which, if signed into law, would create a new bipartisan commission that could, if the vice president agrees, declare the president unable to serve. Rather, Pelosi was promoting a bill sponsored by Rep. But it wasn’t to make any actual attempt to remove President Donald Trump’s powers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference to discuss this topic Friday. ![]() The infamous 25th Amendment to the Constitution lays out how a sitting president can be temporarily stripped of his powers if the vice president and a majority of Cabinet secretaries declare that he is unfit to serve. ![]()
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