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Twenty-Fifth Amendment    1967

procedures

for replacing the president or vice president

in the event of death, removal, resignation,

or incapacitation

It's a way,

other than impeachment,

provided by the Constitution

for power to be taken away

from a sitting president.
 

What is the 25th amendment and could it remove Trump?

Video    The Guardian    24 April 2018

Political dramas Homeland and Designated Survivor

have recently explored

how a president could be removed from office

using the 25th amendment to the US constitution.

It can only be triggered

if the president is deemed 'unfit for office'.

But how would it work in reality?

Who would be needed to trigger it?

And why has it never been used before?

The Guardian's US political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui explains

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owS-7YTYLHo

USA > 25th amendment        UK / USA

It's a way,

other than impeachment,

provided by the Constitution

for power to be taken away

from a sitting president.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/05/
645021413/amid-another-wild-week-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-25th-amendment

https://www.history.com/topics/
united-states-constitution/25th-amendment

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/
amendments-11-27#toc-amendment-xxv

https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/13/
956254822/how-house-members-voted-on-25th-amendment-resolution

https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/12/
955750169/house-to-vote-on-25th-amendment-resolution-against-trump

https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/07/
919400859/what-happens-
if-the-president-is-incapacitated-the-25th-amendment-charts-a-cours

https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/07/
954438077/top-senate-democrat-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/
opinion/trump-25th-amendment-impeachment.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/02/
919400859/what-happens-
if-the-president-is-incapacitated-the-25th-amendment-charts-a-cours

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/
us/politics/rod-rosenstein-wear-wire-25th-amendment.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/
650545077/rosenstein-denies-
that-he-discussed-recording-trump-invoking-25th-amendment

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/05/
645021413/amid-another-wild-week-
what-you-need-to-know-about-the-25th-amendment

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=owS-7YTYLHo - G - 24 April 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/apr/23/
unfit-for-office-how-the-25th-amendment-could-remove-trump-video-explainer

invoke the 26th amendment

https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/13/
956254822/how-house-members-voted-on-25th-amendment-resolution

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