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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 10:58 PM Nov 2016

Phrases you'll hear in 2017: The 25th Amendment

US Constitution
Article II Section IV

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

As soon as they get tired of his shit, you'll see pressure coming to remedy the situation.

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Phrases you'll hear in 2017: The 25th Amendment (Original Post) NightWatcher Nov 2016 OP

Keith Olbermann just did a segment on this! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #1

He is already shrugging off intelligence briefings...... Historic NY Nov 2016 #2

They can accomplish the same thing without firing even a political shot... Grown2Hate Nov 2016 #3

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. Keith Olbermann just did a segment on this!

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Thu Nov 24, 2016, 12:37 AM

Nov 2016

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Historic NY

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2. He is already shrugging off intelligence briefings......

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 03:09 AM

Nov 2016

pretty soon it PDB's

Grown2Hate

(2,012 posts)

3. They can accomplish the same thing without firing even a political shot...

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 03:59 AM

Nov 2016

Pence will already be the defacto "Acting President". We all know that. TRUMP knows that!

The only reason they'd have to enact this clause if is Trump ACTUALLY lets his ego get in the... OH SHIT, they're going to have to use section 4 of the 25th Amendment, aren't they?

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