How The 25th Amendment Actually Works — And What Nobody's Ever Figured Out https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.nvzBPkJW8 … #longreadspic.twitter.com/K19496T6g9
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How The 25th Amendment Actually Works — And What Nobody's Ever Figured Out https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.nvzBPkJW8 … #longreadspic.twitter.com/K19496T6g9
The 25th Amendment: What does it do? Does it do all of the things it was supposed to do? Let's find out!https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.wsy3XnqWp#.gbBr29N7q …
It's truly amazing how long it took the country to address KEY questions that the Constitution left unanswered.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.wsy3XnqWp#.gbBr29N7q …
When John Tyler became became president a former president initially said Tyler wasn't actually the president! https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.wsy3XnqWp#.gbBr29N7q …pic.twitter.com/tT8neGAzVj
GROVER CLEVELAND HAD A SECRET SURGERY ON A YACHT. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.utYme0Xvj#.ivj69yEQ7 …pic.twitter.com/ryCAuOY3V5
Cleveland's attorney general just flat-out lied to the press: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.utYme0Xvj#.ivj69yEQ7 …pic.twitter.com/GfYWsKHtsT
Even Wilson's stroke, which basically put him out of commission for a year or more, didn't get Congress to act. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.ciNoJ5WYZ#.gvNNO1VxK …pic.twitter.com/hQ11NvCznt
It really wasn't until Eisenhower was president that the issue of presidential disability was taken seriously. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.ciNoJ5WYZ#.gvNNO1VxK …pic.twitter.com/AgHlZ5fL8B
Ike saw that & another illness, which required anesthesia, as necessitating action. He knew an amendment was needed.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.ciNoJ5WYZ#.gvNNO1VxK …
Eisenhower's interim solution was basically a handshake agreement — on which the stability of the presidency hinged: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.ciNoJ5WYZ#.gvNNO1VxK …pic.twitter.com/mPfGdClL4a
This became the practice until the 25th Amendment became a part of the Constitution!https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.ciNoJ5WYZ#.gvNNO1VxK …
Before 25, one of the wildest things was the fact that if the VP died, left office, or became president ... the office was just left vacant.
Often then, through the 1960s, the country had no vice president.
Then, JFK was assassinated, and everyone, once again, took these issues seriously. The amendment happened:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.utYme0Xvj#.aoBJy1Mw0 …
The first parts of the amendment — about the VP becoming president and the president nominating a VP — were relatively straightforward.
Although, there were issues: Sen. Keating from NY, for example, wanted there two be two VPs. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.utYme0Xvj#.aoBJy1Mw0 …pic.twitter.com/yATDp3ZgaD
As to disability, though, the big questions weren't answered: “What is the extent of the term ‘disability’ & who is to be the judge of it?”
That question was asked by John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware, in the constitutional debates in 1787.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-25th-amendment-actually-works-and-what-nobodys-ever?utm_term=.utYme0Xvj#.aoBJy1Mw0 …
Also listen to Dahlia Lithwick's excellent Amicus podcast this week. She discusses the 25h Amendment with Rep. Jamie Raskin: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/amicus/2017/10/a_look_into_the_25th_amendment_with_rep_jamie_raskin.html … #25thAmendment
Yes, but NOW we know the stakes are at the highest level of danger.
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