I was surprised when I watched this week’s episode of The Event and saw them swearing in the Vice President to be President. The plot is that the aliens who have infested the planet poisoned the President, intending to kill him. He’s in a coma. So the Vice President and Cabinet met to have him declared incapacitated. Then the Vice President was sworn in as President. I’m thinking, huh? He’s not actually the President yet. How can they swear him in as President? What gives?
So I looked it up. The writers got it half right. The 25th Amendment of the Constitution says:
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So I looked it up. The writers got it half right. The 25th Amendment of the Constitution says:
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