JoeB131
Diamond Member
- Jul 11, 2011
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The reason is specified in the Amendment itself. And it's not what you want it to be.
Actually, it's pretty clear what it calls for.
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.
Being a crazy person counts.