{"id":2285508,"date":"2024-06-28T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T20:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-the-25th-amendment-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T20:15:03","slug":"what-is-the-25th-amendment-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-the-25th-amendment-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the 25th Amendment? &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-is-the-25th-amendment-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s faltering performance \u2062in \u200ba recent debate has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-things-congress-might-actually-agree-on\/\" title=\"7 Things Congress Might Actually Agree On\">raised bipartisan concerns<\/a> about his capacity to fulfill his presidential \u200dobligations.\u2063 In the aftermath of the debate, Republican Representative Chip Roy has indicated plans to \u200dpropose a resolution urging Vice\u200c President Kamala Harris to initiate a \u2063Cabinet evaluation\u2064 of Biden&#8217;s fitness for office, and House Speaker Mike Johnson also mentioned the imperative for the Cabinet\u2062 to consider applying the 25th Amendment. This amendment, adopted\u200d after \u200cPresident John F. Kennedy&#8217;s assassination, outlines\u200d the procedures for presidential power \u2063transfer, including removing an unfit president. Specifically, the 25th Amendment allows the vice \u2064president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president &#8220;unable to discharge \u2064the powers and duties of his office,&#8221; prompting the vice president to step in as acting \u200bpresident. \u2064If contested by the president, Congress must then decide with a two-thirds majority in both houses whether\u200b the president is unfit to continue\u200b his duties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s stumbling performance at Thursday&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> has prompted concerns from both Democrats and Republicans over whether the president is capable of performing the duties of the highest office.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said Friday that he plans to introduce a resolution calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to convene the Cabinet and declare Biden unfit to perform his presidential duties, and House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/06\/28\/congress\/johnson-on-the-debate-house-gop-biden-trump-00165777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the president&rsquo;s Cabinet should discuss the possibility of invoking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/25th-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>25th Amendment<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967 following the assassination of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John F. Kennedy<\/a>, establishes procedures to deal with the transfer of presidential power and provides a means for the president to be removed from office if he is incapable of serving.<\/p>\n<h3>How does the 25th Amendment work?<\/h3>\n<p>The amendment has four sections.<\/p>\n<p>Section 1 dictates that the vice president is to assume the presidency if the president dies, steps down, or is removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>Section 2 declares that if the office of the vice president becomes vacant, the president is to nominate a new vice president, who is to be confirmed by the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Section 3 establishes that if the president declares himself unable to carry out his official duties, the vice president is to do so in his place as acting president until the president declares himself able again.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Section 4 lays out the process by which a president may be removed from office if he is deemed unfit to serve.<\/p>\n<p>Under Section 4, the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet may notify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">president pro tempore<\/a> of the Senate and the speaker of the House that the president is &ldquo;unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office,&rdquo; in which case the vice president becomes acting president.<\/p>\n<p>If the president then declares that he is, in fact, capable of holding office, he resumes his presidential duties unless the vice president and Cabinet majority declare otherwise within four days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then the matter goes to Congress: If two-thirds of both the House and Senate agree the president is unfit to serve, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-dodges-questions-on-why-vp-harris-hasnt-spoken-out-on-gov-cuomo-after-doing-so-with-kavanaugh\/\" title=\"Psaki Dodges Questions On Why VP Harris Hasn\u2019t Spoken Out On Gov. Cuomo After Doing So With Kavanaugh\">vice president continues<\/a> to serve as acting president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Has the amendment ever been invoked?<\/h3>\n<p>Sections 1 through 3 of the 25th Amendment have all been invoked at some point throughout history, but Section 4 has never been used.<\/p>\n<p>Section 1 has been used once, when former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/richard-nixon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Richard Nixon<\/a> resigned in 1974, and his vice president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gerald-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gerald Ford<\/a>, took his place.<\/p>\n<p>Section 2 was used when Nixon appointed Ford as vice president in 1973 after Spiro Agnew&rsquo;s, his former vice president, resignation, and again when Nelson Rockefeller became Ford&rsquo;s vice president in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Section 3 has been used four times, all temporarily while the president underwent a medical procedure. Biden used Section 3 of the amendment in November 2021, transferring power to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> for 85 minutes while he underwent a colonoscopy.<\/p>\n<h3>When has the 25th Amendment been suggested?<\/h3>\n<p>The 25th Amendment has never been used to remove a president from office, and doing so would be a difficult and drastic step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Democrats pushed for the amendment to be invoked in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6 Capitol attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers also called for Harris to invoke the amendment in February after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2845770\/hur-report-biden-as-elderly-man-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-fbi-official-violated-policy-accepted-dinners-and-black-tie-event-invitations-from-media\/\" title=\"Senior FBI Official Violated Policy, Accepted Dinners And Black-Tie Event Invitations From Media\">special counsel report<\/a><\/a> described the president as a &ldquo;well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s faltering debate showing has sparked bipartisan worries about his capability to fulfill presidential duties. 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Chip Roy (R-TX) announced plans to propose a resolution urging Vice President Kamala Harris to assemble the Cabinet to address the issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2285509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-debate-25h-amendment.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33241,5045,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2285508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-25th-amendment","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-debate-25h-amendment.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}