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How a national tragedy led to the 25th amendment

by NCC Staff

It was on this day in 1967 that two states, Nevada and Minnesota, made the Constitution's 25th amendment a reality, clearing up…

How a national tragedy led to the 25th amendment
The Constitution offers another path to Trump accountability

by Marcia Coyle

The 25th Amendment is a non-starter in the effort to remove President Donald Trump from office. Impeachment may stall in the U.S.…

The Constitution offers another path to Trump accountability
Battle for the Constitution: Week of January 4th, 2020 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of January 4th, 2020 Roundup
How the Constitution’s 25th Amendment works

by Scott Bomboy

After the events of January 6, 2021, the Constitution’s 25th Amendment was back in the news, in the wake of Wednesday’s…

How the Constitution’s 25th Amendment works
Understanding presidential disability and the 25th Amendment under the Constitution

by Scott Bomboy

President Donald J. Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis has sparked a flood of news stories about the 25th Amendment and its possible…

Understanding presidential disability and the 25th Amendment under the Constitution
On this day, Truman, Congress decide current line of presidential succession

by NCC Staff

On this day in 1947, Congress changed the order of who can succeed the President and Vice President in office, more closely…

On this day, Truman, Congress decide current line of presidential succession
What really killed the first President to die in office?

by Scott Bomboy

On April 5, 1841, the news that President William Henry Harrison was dead shocked a nation. So what killed a man who had just…

What really killed the first President to die in office?
Can the Cabinet “remove” a President using the 25th amendment?

by Scott Bomboy

In a new Vanity Fair article, the magazine claims former White House adviser Steve Bannon warned President Donald Trump that his…

Can the Cabinet “remove” a President using the 25th amendment?
Interactive Constitution: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment

by Brian C. Kalt and David Pozen

Brian C. Kalt and David Pozen look at how the Twenty-Fifth Amendment seeks to answer a series of questions raised by the original…

Interactive Constitution: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment
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