Which amendment defined presidential disability and succession?

Answer 1

25th amendment
Ratified in 1967, the 25th Amendment was designed to address presidential succession in cases of death, resignation or incapacitation. It went into effect four years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, when there were deficiencies in presidential succession.

For one thing, there was no provision for replacing Vice President Lyndon Johnson when he succeeded the slain president. As a result, the country was without a vice president for 14 months until Johnson's 1964 running mate, Hubert H. Humphrey, was sworn in on Jan. 20, 1965.

The 25th Amendment made it possible for a president to be replaced by his vice president. The new president could nominate a replacement vice president, subject to approval by both houses of Congress. The amendment also defined how a vice president could take temporary command if the president was incapacitated.

In the 43 years since its ratification, the 25th Amendment has been used several times, including two major situations. In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned because of misdeeds dating back to his years as governor of Maryland. To fill the vacancy, President Richard Nixon successfully nominated Gerald R. Ford, the House minority leader, to become vice president.

Less than a year later, Ford became president after Nixon resigned because of complicity in the Watergate scandal. He then successfully nominated former New York governor Nelson Rockefeller to replace him as vice president.

In March 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by a would-be assassin in Washington. Although Reagan was in surgery, his presidential powers were not assumed temporarily by Vice President George H.W. Bush, who was in Texas at the time. In 2005, there was a temporary transfer of power to Bush when Reagan underwent a colonoscopy.

President George W. Bush transferred power twice to Vice President Dick Cheney when the president underwent colonoscopies in 2002 and 2007.

Answer 2

Article 2, section 1, of the Constitution of the United States of America allows the Vice President to take the duties, but not the office, of President. The twenty-Fifth Amendment to the same allows the Vice President to take office, and allows the President to temporarily give up his powers, and later retake them, and allows the Vice President and Cabinet to collectively temporarily remove the President, and Title 3 of the United States Code, section 19 specifies an order of succession for the cases where the President and Vice President are both unable to serve. Despite common belief, neither the Constitution nor the twenty-fifth Amendment allows the Speaker of the House or the President pro tempore of the Senate to take office.

Answer 3

The 25th amendment deals with presidential disability. This is the amendment that states that the Vice President succeeds to the office of President if the President is unable to complete his term for any reason.

Answer 4

The twenty-fifth Amendment allows the Vice President to take office, and allows the President to temporarily give up his powers, and later retake them, and allows the Vice President and Cabinet to collectively temporarily remove the President.

Note that Title 3 of the United States Code, section 19 , which is not an amendment specifies an order of succession for the presidency after the vice-president.

Answer 5

the 25th amendment

Answer 6

the 25th amendment

Answer 7

25th amendment

Answer 8

the 25th