Amendment Twenty Five and It's Meaning

Amendment Twenty Five

"Section 1

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section 2

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

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."

Amendment 25 has four sections, each with different standings dealing with the president in a case if he were to die, if the VP were to die, if he (the president) were undergoing a situation where he feels unfit to be in charge, and if the VP feels the president is unfit to be president.

Section one states that if the president were to die, the vice president would take over, this assures that no one else from the opposing party becomes president, rather the VP of the same party will take the throne as president.

Section two states that if the VP were to die, or if the  VP position was vacant, the president is allowed to choose a different VP who has to be voted and approved by Congress before assuming the position as VP.

Section three states that the president can allow the VP to take the roles as president if he (the president) feels unfit to be in charge at the moment, such as undergoing medical complications. The president must write this out on a piece of paper and sign it for it to be official.

Finally, Section four states that the vice president along with members of the cabinet can, at any time, vote the president unfit at doing his job. The president can then oppose this with a declaration sent to Congress. In turn, the cabinet and VP can do the same and if they get a 2/3 majority vote from Congress they may take him out of office.

I think this a very important amendment to our Constitution as the first three sections have been used many times in history. It clears out all confusions if an event were to take place that may result in the president or VP from being in office.

I got this picture from https://www.haikudeck.com/kason-aaron-uncategorized-presentation-qT4z0jFAYX

I chose this picture because it is a very known event that happened in history, but I never knew what amendment actually stated these rules. When Kennedy got assassinated, Johnson immediately took over as president. This shows how important this amendment is because without it, the world would be a confusing mess of who will be president next.

This video goes more into depth on when the actual amendment was proposed and also gives facts on how many deaths there have been in the office before the amendment. It proposes that without the 25th amendment, the U.S. could turn into a dictatorship (not sure how or why), but in a sense I guess that could happen if someone wanted to take control without permission if it weren't written in the constitution.