Some light reading about our WILD American history coming your way ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Often then, through the 1960s, the country had no vice president.
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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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The first parts of the amendment — about the VP becoming president and the president nominating a VP — were relatively straightforward.
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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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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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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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