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Section 2 provides a mechanism for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. Before the Twenty-fifth Amendment, a vice-presidential vacancy continued until a new vice president took office at the start of the next presidential term; the vice presidency had become vacant several times due to death, resignation, or succession to the presidency, and these vacancies had often lasted several years.
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The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law.
Talk about the 25th Amendment with regard to Biden has been percolating among Republicans, but it is a nonstarter among Democrats who have universally praised Biden for making the decision to step ...
The 25th Amendment allows for the vice president and the members of the cabinet to install the vice president into the role of president if the sitting president is incapacitated. Throughout the ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is announcing legislation Thursday that would to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to remove the president.
The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5201-5 (already in article) Presidential Disability Under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Constitutional Provisions and Perspectives for Congress (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Bayh, One Heartbeat Away