Twenty-fifth Amendment

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Twenty-fifth Amendment

• By Isabella Rogers

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Twenty-fifth Amendment

• Section 1
• In case of the removal of the President from
  office or of
• his death or resignation, the Vice President
  shall become President.

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My Summary (Section 1)

• If the president cant do his job the vice
  president will do it for him.

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• Section 2.
• Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the
  Vice President, the President shall nominate a
  Vice President who shall take office upon
  confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of
  Congress.

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My Summary (Section 2)

• If there is no vice president the president will
  pick someone but they must be approved by both
  parts of congress

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• Section 3
• Whenever the President transmits to the President
  pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
  House of Representatives his written declaration
  that he is unable to discharge the powers and
  duties of his office, and until he transmits to
  them a written declaration to the contrary, such
  powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice
  President as Acting President.

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My Summary (Section 3)

• The president must give a written note to both
  leaders of congress if he wants to come out or
  back into office.

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• 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.

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• Thereafter, when the President transmits to the
  President pro tempore of the Senate and the
  Speaker of the House of Representatives his
  written declaration that no inability exists, he
  shall resume the powers and duties of his office
  unless the Vice President and a majority of
  either the principal officers of the executive
  department or of such other body as Congress may
  by law provide, transmit within four days 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.

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• Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue,
  assembling within forty-eight hours for that
  purpose if not in session. If the Congress,
  within twenty-one days after receipt of the
  latter written declaration, or, if Congress is
  not in session, within twenty-one days after
  Congress is required to assemble, determines by
  two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President
  is unable to discharge the powers and duties of
  his office, the Vice President shall continue to
  discharge the same as Acting President
  otherwise, the President shall resume the powers
  and duties of his office.

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My Summary (Section 4)

• If the president is not mentally able to do his
  job himself, the vice president and other U.S.
  leaders can write a note to the head leaders of
  congress can declare him disabled and the vice
  president takes over power as president.

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When the Amendment became Law

• The Congress proposed the Twenty-fifth Amendment
  on July 6, 1965
• The Twenty-fifth Amendment was adopted on
  February 23, 1967

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Interesting Facts

• In 1841, William Henry Harrison was the first
  president to die in office and his Vice President
  John Tyler took over and became the 10th
  President.
• The Vice President took over power before the law
  was even passed.

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Interesting Facts

• 47 states ratified the 25th Amendment
• The 3 states that did not are
• North Dakota, Georgia, South Carolina

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Interesting Facts

• The Twenty-fifth Amendment has been used six
  times since its ratification.

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Interested Facts

• Gerald Ford was the only person to become a US
  President without ever being elected as Vice
  President or President.
• 1. Replaced VP Agnew after he resigned in 1973
• Replaced Pres Nixon after he resigned in 1974

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Interesting Fact

• On two occasions in 2002 and in 2007, Vice
  President Dick Chaney served as president for
  about 2 hours as President George Bush underwent
  a medical procedure.

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Interesting Facts

• After John F. Kennedy was killed in office, his
  Vice President Lyndon Johnson became President.
  He served a year as a President without a Vice
  President because there was no law that said he
  said he had too..
• This lead to the 25th Amendment.

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Bibliography

• Soifer, Paul, and Abraham Hoffman. Cliffs Quick
  Review American Government. Lincoln Cliffs,
  1997.
• Soifer, Paul, and Abraham Hoffman. Cliffs Quick
  Review U.S. History II. Lincoln Cliffs, 1997.
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