The 25th Amendment
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CONSISTS OF FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS:
Section 1 - Replacing the President
Section 2 - Replacing the Vice President
Section 3 - Replacing the President With Consent
Section 4 - Replacing the President Without Consent
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SECTION 1 - Replacing the President
If the President happens to:
- die
-resign
- is removed from office
the currant Vice President then becomes the the President
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SECTION 2 - Replacing the Vice President
- if the office of Vice President happens to be vacant the currant President then appoints a new Vice President
- this action can only happen, however, if Congress approves the President's choice
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SECTION 3 - Replacing the President With Consent
- the President can inform Congress, through writing, that he/she no longer feels they can carry out the responsibilities as President
- if Congress agrees to release he/she as President, the Vice President then becomes Acting President in their place
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SECTION 4 - Replacing the President Without Consent
- if President is unable to fulfill the duties given as President, and is unable to or is unwilling to inform Congress of the problem, this is when the cabinet and the Vice President then inform Congress
- if Congress too finds the President unable to carry out his/her duties, the currant Vice President then becomes Acting President
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WHY WAS THIS AMENDMENT ADOPTED BY THE CONSTITUTION?
- this amendment was made to give rules and guidelines for instruction in case the currant President happened to die while in office, or could no longer perform their duties and responsibilities
- the death of President William Henry Harrison, in 1841, making Vice President John Tyler the new Acting President, caused the people agree and make it an amendment
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Has this amendment ever been used?
- in 1973, President Richard Nixon nominated congressman Gerald R. Ford to be Vice President when the office of Vice President was vacant after Spiro Agnew resigned
- less than a year later however, the 25th amendment was then used again when President Richard Nixon resigned from office, Vice President Ford became President and Nelson Rockefeller was nominated as Vice President
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Many presidents have fell ill or have been incapable to govern for a certain period of time, however, most have just temporarily turned their powers over to the currant Vice President until they were able to carry out the responsibilities again
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