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kirkuchiyo

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4. It can be either the cabinet or a majority of Congress

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 08:38 PM

Jan 2021

From section 4 of the 25th Amendment

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.

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CNN just now talking 25th but saying very unlikely his cabinet lackeys would support it. [View all] Amaryllis Jan 2021 OP

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It can be either the cabinet or a majority of Congress kirkuchiyo Jan 2021 #4

There's the "...may by law provide" qualification re Congress NotASurfer Jan 2021 #5