The 25th Amendment Isn’t Coming to Save Us

Dan Pfeiffer: “Most people believe that a majority of the cabinet and the Vice President can simply get together and remove the President from office. It doesn’t exactly work that way.”

“The Vice President and a majority of the cabinet send a notice to Congress stating that the President is unable to perform his duties. At that point, the Vice President becomes Acting President.”

“The President then has the opportunity to dispute this. The Vice President and cabinet must reaffirm their declaration, and Congress must assemble and vote within 21 days. A two-thirds majority in both chambers is required to keep the Acting President in place.”