[FRIAM] National Constitution Center

[Prof David West]

don't know answers to your questions - the directive is also known as
NDS something or other, and I don't know if it is secret. For Bush it
was a director of a division of Homeland Security (after that agency was
established).






On Sun, Feb 5, 2017, at 02:13 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:

> David,



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> Would that be Bannon?  Can we find out?  How do you know about this
> Directive 51.  Sounds like something about Aliens. No, not that kind.
> The other kind.
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> Nick



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> Nicholas S. Thompson



> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology



> Clark University



> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/



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> *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Prof
> David West *Sent:* Sunday, February 05, 2017 1:06 PM *To:*
> friam at redfish.com *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] National Constitution Center
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> 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.
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> dave west



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> 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.
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>> https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxv
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>> In the first instance, it’s principle officers of the executive
>> branch … all Trump appointees except Pence.
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>> 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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