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50 Years After The 25th Amendment: How To Improve Presidential Succession, Second Fordham University School Of Law Clinic On Presidential Succession
50 Years After The 25th Amendment: How To Improve Presidential Succession, Second Fordham University School Of Law Clinic On Presidential Succession
Reports
Pamphlet summarizing the Second Succession Clinic's recommendations.
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution: A Reader's Guide, Yale Law School Rule Of Law Clinic
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution: A Reader's Guide, Yale Law School Rule Of Law Clinic
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Historic overview and analysis of presidential succession coupled with findings of the law clinic.
Past Reform Recommendations On Presidential Succession, John Rogan
Past Reform Recommendations On Presidential Succession, John Rogan
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Summary of reports on presidential succession with hyperlinks. These reports all follow the passage and implementation of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
Ensuring The Stability Of Presidential Succession In The Modern Era: Report Of The Fordham University School Of Law Clinic On Presidential Succession, Fordham Law School Clinic On Presidential Succession
Ensuring The Stability Of Presidential Succession In The Modern Era: Report Of The Fordham University School Of Law Clinic On Presidential Succession, Fordham Law School Clinic On Presidential Succession
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This Report outlines the recommendations of Fordham Law's first Presidential Succession Clinic, whose nine students conducted their work during the 2010-2011 academic year under the guidance of Dean John D. Feerick and Adjunct Professors Dora Galacatos and Nicole A. Gordon. Their recommendations for resolving the gaps and weaknesses in the presidential succession system include: (1) statutes and executive branch actions to account for the absence of procedures for declaring the Vice President unable; (2) removing legislators from the line of succession and resolving ambiguities regarding the line of the succession; and (3) reforms for addressing the death or resignation of …
Response To Akhil Reed Amar's Address On Applications And Implications Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, John D. Feerick
Response To Akhil Reed Amar's Address On Applications And Implications Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
Life has taught those of us who have lived as long as I have that the seemingly impossible can happen and that we must be prepared to deal with the unimaginable on a moment's notice. In October 1963, I wrote an article for the Fordham Law Review in which I contemplated the need for such preparations should the unimaginable indeed strike: "The problem of presidential inability has now been generally forgotten by our national legislators as well as by the public. Since we have a young, able and healthy President, all indications are that the issue will remain dormant until …
Twenty-Fifth Amendment: An Explanation And Defense, The, John D. Feerick
Twenty-Fifth Amendment: An Explanation And Defense, The, John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
In this article, Dean Feerick reviews the history of presidential succession before the Twenty-fifth Amendment's ratification, the debate and discussion leading to the amendment's adoption, and current criticisms of the amendment from the medical and political community. In particular, Feerick addresses current suggestions for the creation of an independent medical panel to determine presidential inability. He argues that such a panel would be contrary to both the principle of separation of powers and the philosophy of the Twenty-fifth Amendment that those closest to the President ,and those accountable to the public, should be entrusted with the power to declare a …