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Amendment XXV. Presidential Vacancy | U.S. Constitution Annotated | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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- Overview of Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Presidential Vacancy and Disability
- Historical Background
- Executive Succession in the Founding Era
- Presidential Succession and Initial Debates at the Federal Convention
- Finalization of the Presidential Succession Clause at the Federal Convention
- Presidential Succession and Debates over the Constitution’s Ratification
- Presidential Succession Laws
- Presidential and Vice-Presidential Vacancies Before the Twenty-Fifth Amendment’s Ratification
- Presidential Inability Before the Twenty-Fifth Amendment’s Ratification
- Executive Succession in the Founding Era
- Section 1 Presidential Vacancy
- Proposal and Ratification of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment
- Early Congressional Debates on Presidential Inability
- Presidential Inability and the 88th Congress: Reaction to the Kennedy Assassination
- Presidential Inability and the 89th Congress: Committee Action and Initial Passage
- Presidential Inability and the 89th Congress: Floor Debates
- Final Congressional Approval and State Ratification of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment
- Early Congressional Debates on Presidential Inability
- Proposal and Ratification of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment
- Section 2 Vice President Vacancy
- Section 3 Declaration by President
- Section 4 Declaration by Vice President and Others