25th amendment

25th Amendment The 25th amendment defines the succession of the president, and it ensures someone is always prepared to lead our government incase of tragedy. It also provides for the president’s removal if he/she is unable to act as president. It makes it clear who’s to be in charge in almost any given situation that may rise. The 25th amendment provides two remedies when a president is disabled. First: the president of his own volition may turn over the power of his office to the vice president. Second; the vice president, with the assent of a majority of the leading member of the cabinets, may make himself acting president on a temporary basis. Due to President Kennedy’s assassination, congress finally proposed this amendment. On February 10, 1964, when the amendment was first passed, Ford who was current president- was the first president to benefit from the amendment which he had helped to draft. He nominated Nelson. A Rockefeller as his vice president on, August 20, 1974. Through the 25th amendment, the president would nominate a vice president which had to be favored by congress. The 25th amendment was an effort to resolve some of the continuing issues revolving about the office of the president. That is; what happens upon death, removal or resignation of the president, and what is the course the president will take if for any reason the president becomes disabled to a degree he can’t fulfill his responsibilities? If the president and vice president were to die or resign in the same term, the speaker of the house would become president. Never in our nations history has this happened, so the 25th amendment wouldn’t of been much use in earlier times. Nov. 22 will long remind us of one of the darkest days in American history. It has for 50 years, ever since one half century ago when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. That day ended a promising presidency that was just hitting its stride. The day marked the eighth