Trump Could be Removed Without Impeachment

The Latest Controversy Surrounding Trump (R) has Reignited Debate over an Obscure but Powerful Constitutional Mechanism.

After a Provocative Message to a European Leader, Critics are again asking whether there is a way to Remove Trump (R) without going through Impeachment.

Legal Experts say the Answer Exists, but Using it would be Extremely Difficult in Practice.

Attention returned to the 25th Amendment, after Trump sent a Letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Reiterating that the U.S. needs “complete and total control over Greenland.”

In the Letter, Trump also said He No Longer felt Obligated to Think “exclusively about peace” and Complained that Norway did Not Award him the Nobel Peace Prize, a Decision made by an Independent Committee.

The Comments drew Sharp Criticism, particularly as Greenland is an Autonomous Territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, a fellow NATO Member.

Trump has Repeatedly Argued that the Island is Vital to U.S. Security and has Refused to Rule Out Military Force, a Scenario Experts Earn would Shatter the NATO Alliance.

Following the Letter, several Democrats called for Invoking the 25th Amendment, which allows a President to be Removed, if Deemed Unfit to Perform the Duties of the Office.

The Full Text of the Amendment:

Section 1: In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section 2: Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3: Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Section 4: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.

There upon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.










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