Talking Feds Now: Positive Uncertainty
Talking Feds
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The 25th Amendment and the President
From 1792 until really JFK was assassinated, Congress had provided for situations where the president was dead. But it didn't provide for situations where he was not dead but incapacitated. The 25th amendment is first to sort of put what had been statutory law into the Constitution about presidential succession. And second to provide a procedure for what to do in cases in which the president is still alive, but is unable to discharge his duties as president.
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