Selected Materials on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John D. Feerick
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780823252015
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book focuses on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment - its meaning, legislative history, and applications. The Amendment has been criticized for being vague and undemocratic. It has been praised for making possible swift and orderly successions to the presidency and vice presidency upon the occurance of some of the most extraordinary events in American history. Its vice presidential selection feature has been recommended as the best method for selecting all Vice Presidents. The repeal of that feature and the abolition of the vice presidency have also been suggested. Moreover, throughout the Watergate crisis the Amendment was alluded to as affording a means by which a President could transfer Presidential power during an impeachment proceeding, and it was suggested as authorizing a Vice President and Cabinetto suspend, so to speak, a President during the period of impeachment trial before the Senate. Judging by all the attention the Amendment has received and by the number of presidential and vice presidential vacancies and illness which have occurred in our history, one can expect that the Twenty-Fifth Amendment will receive frequent application in the future of our country"--
Author: John D. Feerick
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Continues the author's "From failing hands."
Author: John D. Feerick
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 0823252000
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Undisputed as the most important synthetic work on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, this revised edition provides the latest in legal thought regarding presidential succession. This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability in general. In its formulation, the Twenty-fifth Amendment was criticized as vague and undemocratic, but it has made possible swift and orderly successions to the highest offices in the U.S. government during some of the most extraordinary events in American history. The extent of its authority has been tested over the years: During the Watergate crisis, it was proposed that the Amendment might afford a means by which a president could transfer presidential power during an impeachment proceeding, and it was also suggested that the Amendment could authorize a vice president and cabinet to suspend a president during a Senate impeachment trial. Where once presidential disability was stigmatized, today a president under general anesthesia cedes presidential authority for the length of the procedure with little controversy. The Twenty-fifth Amendment is evolving rapidly, and this book is an invaluable guide for legal scholars, government decision makers, historians, political scientists, teachers, and students studying the nation's highest offices.
Author: John D. Feerick
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780823213726
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Recounts the history of presidential succession laws leading up to the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amemdment, details the amendment's use during the Nixon and Ford administrations, and analyzes its implications.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brian C. Kalt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 0190083190
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution - covering presidential incapacity - has been a frequent topic of public discussion. But few understand how this amendment really works. Unable: The Law, Politics, and Limits of Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment explains, in Part I, the basics of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, especially Section 4, correcting common misconceptions, and resolving some of its ambiguities. Part II explores history: presidential disability before Section 4; the creation of Section 4 in 1965; the (non)use of Section 4 since then; and Section 4's portrayal in movies, books, and television. Part III presents a series of hypothetical scenarios that dramatize how Section 4 would work - or not work - in a wide variety of situations. Part IV concludes with some thoughts on how Section 4 interacts with constitutional law more generally, and some suggestions on how to improve Section 4's operation. Unable is designed to educate and inform the public about Section 4 and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment in an even-handed and accessible way, allowing readers to judge for themselves whether presidents - past and present - were or are fit to serve in office.
Author: John D. Feerick
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Published: 2022
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780823293278
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability in general. In its formulation, the Twenty-fifth Amendment was criticized as vague and undemocratic, but it has made possible swift and orderly successions to the highest offices in the U.S. government during some of the most extraordinary events in American history. The extent of its authority has been tested over the years: During the Watergate crisis, it was proposed that the Amendment might afford a means by which a president could transfer presidential power during an impeachment proceeding, and it was also suggested that the Amendment could authorize a vice president and cabinet to suspend a president during a Senate impeachment trial. Where once presidential disability was stigmatized, today a president under general anesthesia cedes presidential authority for the length of the procedure with little controversy. The Twenty-fifth Amendment is evolving rapidly, and this book is an invaluable guide for legal scholars, government decision makers, historians, political scientists, teachers, and students studying the nation's highest offices.
Author: United States. Congress
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 1084
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