The Twenty-fifth Amendment

Amendment XXV

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

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.

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.

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.

 

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. 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."

The Twenty Fifth Amendment states the procedures of the President withdrawing from his position or in case of death or disability the the Vice President would take the position of the New President of the United States of America. It also state who would take the position of the Vice President. The Twenty Fifth Amendment is a  more detailed list of who is next in the Presidential succession.

The West Wing - Twenty Five

Comment:

I have never seen this show, but from this clip it seemed like an interesting one. This clip shows us what would happened if the President decided to withdraw from his position. In this case and I am not very sure why the new President became the Speaker of the house. I am assuming that for some reason the Vice President could not take the position because, according to the Twenty Fifth Amendment the Vice President is the next in line for the Presidency and after the Vice President decided or for some reason could not take the charge then its when the Speaker of the House becomes President. Maybe I will need to find more videos and find out what happened.

 

White House seeks to remove Obama from Presidency via the 25th Amendment , unfit to hold office

 

Comment:

Until I saw this video I had no idea that there were some people wanting to remove President Obama from office. I know the situation in the US is not getting any better and it won't get better from one day to the other, but is this all President Obama fault? This is something that has being happening for a while now and it takes time to get better. With this I am not saying that I support President Obama in all the things he is doing, but I don't know if there is enough reason to remove him from office.