Know about the "Amendment 25" of the US Constitution that allows Trump to be removed

Supporters of US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, stormed the Congress building a wave of discontent and anger even among politicians supporting Trump, and some of them called on Vice President Mike Pence to activate the twenty-fifth amendment of the constitution to isolate Trump, whose term ends on January 20.

All Democratic MPs who are members of the Representative Justice Committee sent a letter to Pence asking him to activate the 25th Amendment "in defense of democracy."

The deputies considered in their letter that the outgoing president was "mentally ill and unable to deal with and accept the results of the 2020 elections."

The same idea was repeated in the "Washington Post" editorial.

"Responsibility for this incitement rests directly with the president, who has shown that remaining in office poses a serious threat to American democracy. He must be removed," the widely circulated newspaper said.

What is the 25th Amendment?

The Twenty-fifth Amendment, which was adopted in 1967 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, clarifies the methods of transferring executive powers in the event of the president's resignation, death, dismissal, or temporary disability.

According to the amendment, the president can notify Congress that he will not be able to perform his duties if he is to undergo surgery, for example, as happened with George Bush Jr. when he was scheduled to undergo general anesthesia due to colonoscopy in 2007, which placed his deputy, Dick Cheney, as the acting president.

The amendment also allows the vice president to assume the role of president until the latter can return.

It also allows the Vice President and members of the government to remove the president if he is deemed unable to perform his duties, and the move against Trump was made after the Capitol events in which 4 people were killed, according to the fourth paragraph of the amendment.

The fourth paragraph, which has not been used before, says that if the Vice President, with the support of a majority of the members of the government or “a body that Congress may appoint by law,” informs the Presidents of the House and Senate that the President is unable to perform his duties, the Vice President may immediately take over These posts are as temporary head.

If the president objects that he is not incapable of performing his duties while his deputy and other members persist in his impotence, the matter is referred to Congress for a vote and to determine whether the president is truly incapable of performing his duties or not.

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