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Proposed Amendment On Presidential Inability And Vice-Presidential Vacancy, John D. Feerick
Proposed Amendment On Presidential Inability And Vice-Presidential Vacancy, John D. Feerick
Twenty-Fifth Amendment Articles
In 1965, Congress submitted to the states a constitutional amendment to remedy a glaring flaw in the Constitution: the absence of comprehensive procedures for presidential succession and inability and vice-presidential vacancy. This Article, written shortly after Congress proposed the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, sets forth the text of the proposed amendment and explains the thinking of it sponsors.
Presidential Inability: The Problem And A Solution, John D. Feerick
Presidential Inability: The Problem And A Solution, John D. Feerick
Twenty-Fifth Amendment Articles
This Article argues for a constitutional amendment to resolve the gaps and ambiguities in the Constitution’s original provisions for presidential inability and succession. It outlines the problems and notes presidential inabilities in the past. The Article endorses the consensus proposal for a constitutional amendment worked out by the panel of experts convened by the American Bar Association in January 1964 and later adopted by the ABA House of Delegates as the proposal of the Association.