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Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.Read more
It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment. It also establishes the ...Read more
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Whenever there is a vacancy ...Read more
The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official upon conviction is removal from office.Read more
Jan 13, 2021 — The three primary ways we are seeing this unfold is through impeachment, the 14th Amendment, or the 25th Amendment. Impeachment. The U.S. House ...Read more
The “President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States” shall be removed from office if convicted in an impeachment trial.Read more
The Constitution endows the President with an illimitable power to remove all officers in whose appointment he has participated, with the exception of federal ...Read more
Jan 10, 2024 — It takes a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress to remove a President from his powers and duties. In the other, an impeachment trial, it takes a two- ...Read
The 25th Amendment is to be used opens a new window when the President “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”Read more
May 9, 2023 — The assertion that Presidents enjoy a constitutional power to remove executive officers implicates one of the oldest constitutional disputes.Read more
Dec 17, 2025 — The Supreme Court will likely rule in favor of President Trump in a critical pending case that should be decided in early 2026, ...
The power of the President to remove an officer shall prevail over the authority of Congress to condition the power by fixing a definite term and precluding a ...Read more
Jul 8, 2024 — The amendment provides procedures for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency and addressing presidential incapacitation—either temporary or ...Read more
Sep 12, 2025 — So, the president's ability to remove certain officials depends on the type and composition of the agency in question. He can fire heads of ...Read more
At its most basic, constitutionally removing a president is a two-step process: The House impeaches and the Senate holds a trial to either remove the president ...Read more
XXV, § 1 ( In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. ). See also U.S. ...Read more
Each elector casts one vote following the general election, and the candidate who gets more than half (270) wins. The newly elected President and Vice President ...Read more