[FRIAM] National Constitution Center

[Prof David West]

every President signs a specific directive - for Bush it was Directive
51 - that designates one specific person who can decide the
succession. Normally they would follow constitutional directives but
can "skip" over someone in the sequence who they deem "unfit."
Normally this would come into play only in extreme situations - like a
bomb taking out the capital during a joint session / state of the
nation address kind of thing.


dave west







On Sun, Feb 5, 2017, at 12:06 AM, Nick Thompson wrote:

> We got into a discussion on Friday about who can decide that the
> president is unfit.
>  



> https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxv
>  



> In the first instance, it’s principle officers of the executive branch
> … all Trump appointees except Pence.
>  



> Only in the case of a conflict between those principle officers and
> the president does congress get involved, having the power to prevent
> the president from returning to office by vote of 2/3 of both houses.
>  



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