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Amendment 25, Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President
shall become President.
Amendment 25, 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.
Amendment 25, 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.
Amendment 25, 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.
Amendment 25 Crucial & Relevant Information
Proposed:
July 6, 1965.
This amendment covers Presidential disability,
Vice Presidential vacancies, and order of succession to the Office of the President. A case of this amendment was used when
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office after being charged with accepting bribes in 1973. President Richard Nixon then appointed Gerald R. Ford as vice president in accordance with the provisions
of the 25th Amendment. This amendment was used even before it was passed. An instance would be President Roosevelt’s
death in 1919. After his death, Vice President Truman took over the opening of
the President’s seat.
Amendment 25 (Own Interpretation)
Section 1:
Replacing the President
If
the President passes away during his term of presidency, the Vice President will become president.
Section 2:
Replacing the Vice President
The
President will be able to appoint a new Vice President if there is a vacancy for the position of Vice President. This appointment will also need the approval of Congress.
Section 3:
Replacing the President with Consent
If
the President expresses on paper that he can no longer carry out the duties of the office of President to Congress, the Vice
President will then become President.
Section 4:
Replacing the President Without Consent
If the President wishes to resume his power, the President must write a written statement
to the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The President would only be able to resume his power
if and only if the Vice President and Congress approves.
Amendment 26, Section 1. The right
of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or any state on account of age.
Amendment 26, Section 2. The Congress
shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Amendment 26 Crucial & Relevant Information
Proposed: March 13, 1971
This amendment seeks to lower the voting age
to 18 because the public felt that citizens who are serving in the military should have the right to vote.
Amendment 26 (Own
Interpretation)
Lowered the voting age to 18
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