Application of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to Vacancies in the Office of the Vice President: Legislative History |
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... exercise them . Several questions have been raised on the portions of Senate Joint Resolution 1 and House Joint Resolution 1 relating to inability . I shall attempt to answer them briefly . First , some believe that because we are ...
... exercise them . Several questions have been raised on the portions of Senate Joint Resolution 1 and House Joint Resolution 1 relating to inability . I shall attempt to answer them briefly . First , some believe that because we are ...
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... exercise those powers and duties " until the inability of the President be removed . " The original thought of the framers of the Constitution was that the Vice President would act as the President in the case of the President's ...
... exercise those powers and duties " until the inability of the President be removed . " The original thought of the framers of the Constitution was that the Vice President would act as the President in the case of the President's ...
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... exercise the powers and duties of his office . When this provision was stated in so many words and was submitted to the Committee of Style , it was revised and reduced to the simplified statement that we have now : " In the case of ...
... exercise the powers and duties of his office . When this provision was stated in so many words and was submitted to the Committee of Style , it was revised and reduced to the simplified statement that we have now : " In the case of ...
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... exercise the powers and duties of the Presidency while Congress considered the matter and until one of the Houses of Congress brought the issue to a vote and failed to support the Acting President by a two - thirds vote . I note that ...
... exercise the powers and duties of the Presidency while Congress considered the matter and until one of the Houses of Congress brought the issue to a vote and failed to support the Acting President by a two - thirds vote . I note that ...
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... exercise of legislative authority in this field . I cannot accept this argument . Congress , it will be recalled , now has constitutional authority to enact a succession law when both the President and Vice President have suffered ...
... exercise of legislative authority in this field . I cannot accept this argument . Congress , it will be recalled , now has constitutional authority to enact a succession law when both the President and Vice President have suffered ...
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Page 26 - ... 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.
Page 8 - Congress, within twentyone 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...
Page 18 - 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...
Page 366 - 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.
Page 20 - 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...
Page 366 - 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...
Page 308 - 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...
Page 2 - ... you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so ( near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded...
Page 29 - Congress, but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the commission.
Page 8 - SECTION 3 Whenever the President transmits to the President pro ternpore 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.