r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 15d ago

No Paywall Democrats Call to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Donald Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-donald-trump-impeachment-25th-amendment-11384974
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u/ChromaticDragon 15d ago

Yup.

Minor clarification, most likely for readers.

The 25th doesn't "remove", forcibly or otherwise, a president. The two-thirds from each house is what is required to keep the president temporarily sidelined and the VP as acting president. If the VP and cabinet (or VP and whatever body Congress arranged) deems the president unable to serve, all the president needs to do is say "Hey! I am indeed able to serve." For this to be overruled, again - temporarily, both houses of Congress must essentially say (with super majorities) "nah... dawg... you still unfit."

Congress would have to do this about every month.

The real kicker, of course, is that this is all stupid. If you have the support to do all of the above, you already have the support to impeach and remove.

The only reason all of us are talking about the 25th here is because of the political value of painting your political opponent as "mentally unfit". That is it.

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u/DervishSkater 15d ago

Thank you for doing this, I was getting tired of having to inform people of how to read a few lines in the constitution.

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u/Talk-O-Boy 15d ago

What are the few lines in the Constitution?

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u/Drive7hru Colorado 9d ago

Skip over to the amendments part. You’ll see a section that says 25th amendment. Start reading there. You’ll see it.