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Ocelot II

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3. Some of them thought about it.

Mon Jun 13, 2022, 11:08 AM

Jun 2022

The problem is that it's really hard to do it. The process for removing an unfit President is - if the VP and the majority of the cabinet have determined the President is unfit, they send a letter to that effect to the speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader. At that point, the Vice President immediately becomes President. If the President contests the finding against him, Congress can order the president’s removal by a 2/3 majority vote in each house. The Vice President remains President until the next election. I don't think a majority if the cabinet would have gone along with it, and even if they had, you'd still need a 2/3 majority in each house. Impeachment failed twice and the 25th Amendment is just as much of an uphill battle.

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