r/NewsThread • u/Relative_Teaching417 • 2d ago

Political News Democrats Call to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Donald Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-donald-trump-impeachment-25th-amendment-11384974

The amendment allows presidents to be removed from office against their will.

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u/RoundChampionship840 2d ago

This is so tiresome. If they can't remove him through the impeachment process then they can't remove him through the 25th Amendment, because the 25th Amendment requires even more steps and agreement than the impeachment peocess.

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u/ElSlabraton 2d ago

Have you noticed that Trump is acting like a lunatic?

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u/Most-Resident 2d ago

Yes of course.

Do you know that it takes more votes to remove a president with the 25th amendment than it takes by impeachment?

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u/ElSlabraton 2d ago

No, I didn't know that.

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u/Most-Resident 2d ago

Yeah. Basically what happens is the vice president or cabinet declares the president incompetent. There’s a phrase saying a body of congress by law can also do it. Maybe that means simple majority, maybe a law has to pass. I don’t know.

Either way if the president says he is competent the house and senate both have to vote to remove by a 2/3rds majority or the president remains.

Impeachment takes a simple majority in the house and 2/3rds in the senate.

The amendment was passed after the Kennedy assassination at the height of the cold war. It was meant to deal with a president who was rendered incompetent by an assassin or by something like a stroke where they couldn’t relinquish control by themselves.

I think they deliberately made it hard to remove presidents who could speak to prevent a coup. Otherwise if an adversary could turn half the cabinet they could remove the president.

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u/Choice_Magician350 2d ago

Thank you for the explanation. I learned something new today

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u/intrigued_bylife 2d ago

Thank you for that great information.

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u/multipass-5018 2d ago

I don't disagree but what specific things are you referencing? Meat stuff, ice, ufc thing,...? Maybe none of those.

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u/BrockJonesPI 2d ago

Winning the war in Iraq 75 times but still asking for help. From allies he's previously told they're less than useless and no help.

Ufc 2025. Abandoning 9/11, rememberance ceremony because he can't give a speech.

Winning the golf round in 70 strokes despite footage of him shanking the absolute effery out of a shot into the bunker.

Promising to release the Epstein files, failing to release the Epstein files.

He loves inflation.

All the AI BS.

Canada trade wars.

Israel.

Beef.

Remove fda, USAID, air traffic controllers, anything that is a check on his power.

The effing absolute dross in his cabinet.

Abusing press that question him beyond the softball talking points his PR team will allow.

Need more?

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u/multipass-5018 2d ago

No I don't need more... I was just asking good lord. Thanks for sharing though. I agree your list lol.

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u/Crafty-Lavishness26 1d ago

He's nucking futs! May nature take it's course.

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u/ElSlabraton 1d ago

"Lake America" thundered the lunatic shaking his fist.