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Presidential succession (other than the Vice President) is ordered by laws passed by Congress.
Laws that established or re-sequenced the line of succession include:
Presidential Succession Act (1792) - Senate president pro tempore and House speaker next in line
Presidential Succession Act (1886) - Cabinet replaced legislative successors
Presidential Succession Act (1947) - re-added Speaker/president pro tempore in reverse order
Postal Reorganization Act (1970) - removed Postmaster General
Renewal of the Patriot Act (2006) - added Secretary of Homeland Security
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In case the president is disabled the way the vice president is determined by the?
B. Presidential Succession Act.
If both the president and vice president are killed while in the office who is next in the order of succession?
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the next in line of succession. The Speaker of the House would be the next in line of succession until a new vice president is sworn into office.
What amendments deal with presidential succession?
The twenty-fifth Amendment in the only one related to presidential succession. It 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.Article 2, section 1 clause 6 . of the main body of the Constitution allows the Vice President to take the duties of the President, but does not explicitly make him the President. This same clause gives Congress the power to establish this order of succession but does not specify the order beyond vice president. Accordingly Congress passed a law (Title 3 of the United States Code, section 19) which specifies an order of succession for the cases where the President and Vice President are both unable to serve. See the related question for this order.
What did the constitution originally say about presidential succession?
Originally, congress was to decide who was next in line for office after the Vice President. The 25th Amendment changed presidential succession to what it is today.
When did it become law the the speaker of the house becomes president if both the president and vice president die?
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947. This gives clear order to who would become president if the President and Vice President where to die or be incapacitated and unable to perform the duties of president.
