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Memorandum From The Office Of Legal Counsel On Presidential Succession, Department Of Justice. Office Of Legal Counsel. Jan 2023

Memorandum From The Office Of Legal Counsel On Presidential Succession, Department Of Justice. Office Of Legal Counsel.

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Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Memorandum on presidential succession issued during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Roy E. Brownell II secured this document from the papers of Attorney General Herbert Brownell at the Eisenhower Presidential Library.


Letter From Vice President Pence To House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Regarding The 25th Amendment, Michael R. Pence Jan 2021

Letter From Vice President Pence To House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Regarding The 25th Amendment, Michael R. Pence

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Letter from Vice President Michael R. Pence to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi responding to approval by the House of a resolution calling on the Vice President to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting President. The resolution was introduced in response to the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.


Contingency Plans: Death Or Disability Of The President, Office Of White House Counsel Mar 1993

Contingency Plans: Death Or Disability Of The President, Office Of White House Counsel

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Securing this document was a joint effort of John Rogan and Roy E. Brownell II.


Memorandum To Attorney General Edwin Meese Regarding Presidential Succession Under 3 U.S.C. § 19, Ralph W. Tarr, United States Department Of Justice. Office Of Legal Counsel. Aug 1985

Memorandum To Attorney General Edwin Meese Regarding Presidential Succession Under 3 U.S.C. § 19, Ralph W. Tarr, United States Department Of Justice. Office Of Legal Counsel.

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U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memo on presidential succession under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, codified at 3 U.S.C. § 19. Roy E. Brownell II provided this document.


Operation Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Respecting Presidential Succession, Ralph W. Tarr, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice.‏ ‏United States. Jun 1985

Operation Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment Respecting Presidential Succession, Ralph W. Tarr, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice.‏ ‏United States.

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Memo issued a month before President Reagan temporarily transferred his powers and duties to Vice President Bush before undergoing cancer surgery.


Presidential Succession And Delegation In Case Of Disability, Larry L. Simms, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice.‏ ‏United States. Apr 1981

Presidential Succession And Delegation In Case Of Disability, Larry L. Simms, Office Of Legal Counsel. Department Of Justice.‏ ‏United States.

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Memo issued four days after the Reagan assassination attempt.


Documents From Carter's Contemplated Use Of Section 3 (1978), Robert J. Lipshutz, Office Of White House Counsel Dec 1978

Documents From Carter's Contemplated Use Of Section 3 (1978), Robert J. Lipshutz, Office Of White House Counsel

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Forms drafted in response to the possibility that President Carter might undergo hemorrhoid surgery under anesthesia. Handwritten notes at the end of the document relate to the draft language and the procedures for notifying congressional leaders of the transfer of powers. The author of the notes is unclear.


Memorandum For The President On 25th Amendment Provisions, Bobbie Greene Kilberg, Office Of White House Counsel Aug 1975

Memorandum For The President On 25th Amendment Provisions, Bobbie Greene Kilberg, Office Of White House Counsel

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Memorandum to President Gerald Ford advising on the implementation of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.


Resignation Letter Of President Richard M. Nixon, Richard M. Nixon, United States. President (1969-1974: Nixon) Aug 1974

Resignation Letter Of President Richard M. Nixon, Richard M. Nixon, United States. President (1969-1974: Nixon)

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President Richard Nixon's resignation letter dated August 9, 1974 triggered the second use of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Letter witnessed by Henry Kissinger.


Ceremony Marking The Ratification Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment To The Constitution, Lyndon B. Johnson Feb 1967

Ceremony Marking The Ratification Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment To The Constitution, Lyndon B. Johnson

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President Lyndon B. Johnson's remarks given at a ceremony marking the ratification of the 25th Amendment.


Opinion Of The Attorney General On Presidential Inability, Robert F. Kennedy Aug 1961

Opinion Of The Attorney General On Presidential Inability, Robert F. Kennedy

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Memorandum by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to President John F. Kennedy regarding the U.S. Constitution’s presidential succession and inability provisions. Roy E. Brownell II provided this document.