The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution sets the rules for who takes over as president in unforeseen circumstances, but what does this exactly mean? Ratified in 1967 following the assassination of ...

After the events of January 6, 2021, the Constitution’s 25th Amendment was back in the news, in the wake of Wednesday’s violence at the U.S. Capitol and allegations that President Trump played a role ...

There has been real concern about the use of the 25th Amendment when and if there is some political division in the government, even within the president’s own cabinet, and about its use for political ...

Gavin Newsom renewed calls to invoke the 25th Amendment after Trump’s Iran remarks. Section 4 concerns presidential inability, not removal from office.

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the ...

A stunning, unsigned op-ed in The New York Times reported on Sept. 5 that members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet discussed removing him from power by using the 25th Amendment, but decided against ...

A 2016 article in Psychology Today explored whether having a mental illness would make it difficult for a candidate to get elected president. The author, Guy Winch, Ph.D., cited a study by Jonathan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump spent the holiday weekend sharing a slew of bizarre social media posts, leading his critics to call for his ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Cass Sunstein discussed the 25th Amendment and the process of determining that a president is unable to to discharge the powers and duties of ...