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FBaggins

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4. No... they can't
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:38 PM
Mar 2017

The authors should ask for their money back from Yale... they didn't get what they paid for.

The "or of such other body as Congress may by law provide" means that it doesn't have to be the VP and cabinet. Congress could theoretically create a panel of doctors to replace the role of the cabinet... BUT:

1 - The VP is still involved - so Pence would have to go along.
2 - (More importantly)... Congress must provide for this "by law"... and Presidents have to sign laws unless their veto is overridden - which requires the same 2/3 vote as impeachment (only this time it's the Senate and the House).

...and then he's only gone for a short time before another supermajority vote is needed to overcome his objection.

Impeachment is much easier.

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