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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

    Some light reading about our WILD American history coming your way ...

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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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 …

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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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 …

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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 …

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      11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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 …

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      13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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.

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      14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        Often then, through the 1960s, the country had no vice president.

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      15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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 …

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      16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        The first parts of the amendment — about the VP becoming president and the president nominating a VP — were relatively straightforward.

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      17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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

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      18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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?”

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      19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 1 Nov 2017

        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 …

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      20. End of conversation
      1. TBB‏ @Shinjukuku 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        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

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      1. Daniel Pincus‏ @danpincus 1 Nov 2017
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        Yes, but NOW we know the stakes are at the highest level of danger.

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