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3. The 25th Amendment allows for Congress to establish another body to evaluate POTUS fitness
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:32 PM
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Raskin knows his constitutional law
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-25/

Section 4
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.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days 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. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Congress has the ultimate say. It does not hurt to set up this process

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Ignoring the uphill battle with passage & noting my intense respect for Raskin's constitutional hlthe2b Tuesday #1
The 25th Amendment allows for Congress to establish another body to evaluate POTUS fitness LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #3
Thank you. I overlooked that clause and I think others did too. Bluetus Tuesday #12
Congressman Raskin is a great constitutional law scholar LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #13
It looks like it's following the Constitution. BadgerKid Tuesday #5
Would love to impeach cabinet members who aren't applying the 25thA. n/t BadgerKid Tuesday #2
This is a waste of time. He's trying to shame Vance and the cabinet into invoking the 25th Amendment. rsdsharp Tuesday #4
There's 51 Dems that trump will now direct the DOJ to investigate/prosecute Bayard Tuesday #6
IDK if it's worth the effort. Icanthinkformyself Tuesday #7
Yep. Epstein, prices, and now war in the middle east. progressoid Tuesday #9
Agreed. Waste of time. Concentrate on the midterms. Ray Bruns Tuesday #11
If Republicans were smart, they'd see it as a lifeline and grab it. So of course, they won't. Vinca Tuesday #8
I say "Keep it up." Keep the public aware of Trump's shittiness every day! CTyankee Tuesday #10
I do not believe he would be "removed"... he'd still be the President (and could continually appeal) QueerDuck Tuesday #14
MaddowBlog-Trump confronts a public conversation he hoped to avoid over his mental stability LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #15
It won't result in his being forced from office, but it will shine a light on his craziness. onenote Tuesday #16
Shining a light on trump's mental issues will be valuable LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #17
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