"This legislation applies to future presidents, but we are reminded of the necessity of action by the health of the current president." The measure would have augmented the 25th Amendment, which provides procedures for transferring power to the vice president in case of the president's death, incapacitation, removal, or resignation.
A president can only be removed if he agrees to resign or if the vice president and a majority of presidential Cabinet members agree that he must leave office.
"It's supposed to be hard. It's supposed to be for extreme situations." The 25th Amendment was ratified and approved after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a more explicit mechanism for transferring power from the president.
The letter's legal authority was never adjudicated, and in any event, Nixon took over the duties of president only for a few hours two times, in 1955 after Eisenhower's heart attack and again during the president's 1956 surgery.
"We really do stack the deck in favor of the president but in a way that allows power to transfer when it's an undeniable case." After Hur released his devastating report Thursday, Biden's personal and White House lawyers showed no willingness to concede that Biden's mental capacity is in any way diminished.
Bob Bauer, Biden's personal attorney, who previously served as the general counsel to the Democratic National Committee and President Obama's presidential campaign, accused Hur of "Trashing" Biden.
On the Democrats' side, if Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the president under the 25th Amendment, she would choose her own running mate.
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