{"id":26245,"date":"2016-11-30T05:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=26245"},"modified":"2016-11-29T20:55:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:55:20","slug":"getting-rid-trump-via-25th-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/11\/getting-rid-trump-via-25th-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting rid of Trump via the 25th amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Constitution-Print-C10314518\"<\/a>The latest fantasy on the left of how they can get rid of Donald Trump involves invoking the 25th amendment.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad for the new\u00a0interest in the Constitution, but the procedure for dropping a president who is \u201cunfit for office\u201d\u00a0would require the complicity of the Vice President, the Cabinet, and both houses of Congress.<\/p>\n

That is, the 25th Amendment would\u00a0need Republicans\u2013yea, conservatives\u2013 to carry it out. \u00a0This would also be an argument for Trump to pack his cabinet with loyalists rather than mainstream Republicans.<\/p>\n

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From Tim Marcin, How To Keep Trump From Becoming President? 25th Amendment Could Declare Republican Mentally Unfit<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Amid widespread protests\u00a0and worrying\u00a0signs of dysfunction in the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, millions across the United States are likely wondering how, or if, it\u2019s possible to oust the billionaire from the White House before the 2020 presidential election. While there have long been talks of impeachment hearings, a favorite theory this week for removing Trump from power involves the 25th\u00a0amendment to the Constitution. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The amendment opened the door for removal if a president was deemed to be unfit for office, different from an impeachment hearing that typically centers around investigating if a president acted illegally while in office.<\/p>\n

There are\u00a0two options to remove a mentally unfit president, which were helpfully laid out step-by-step by Fusion<\/a>. The first option requires\u00a0a majority of the president\u2019s cabinet\u00a0\u2014\u00a0positions such as secretary of state and secretary of defense\u00a0\u2014 joining together with the vice president to declare the president is unfit. The second option requires the vice president to convince a majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate to decide the president is unfit. Both chambers of Congress then submit a letter stating such, which removes the president from power.<\/p>\n

In both cases, the president can then submit a letter claiming he is fit for office, which then mandates a special session to vote on the issue. Once that special session is called, those trying to oust the\u00a0president, in this case Trump, would have 21 days to convince a two-thirds majority of both Congressional chambers\u00a0to vote to keep Trump out of the Oval Office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

HT: \u00a0Jackie<\/p>\n

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