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The 20th Amendment and the Presidential Succession Clinic
Den trainer, who's now the dean of georgetown law school, asked me to create a presidential succession clinic. We identified issues to make recommendations about that we considered gaps in the system. For example, how do you deal with a dual disabiltiy of the president and the vice present at the same time? A 20 fifth amendment doesn't work in that situation because it contemplates the vice president in the cabinet. The students feel that the legislative leaders should e removed from the line of succession. Should be a line of succession that runs through the cabinet departments. i think they wouldrestructure the the cabinet line of succession, certain departments being viewed as key departments.
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