He can easily overcome all of these attacks with a stroke of his pen come January. All he has to do is invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment on January 20th, and he’ll easily become the longest serving president since FDR.
It lets the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet declare that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
🔹 What happens next
The vice president immediately becomes Acting President.
🔹 If the president disagrees
The president can send a written declaration saying they are fit.
They get their powers back unless the vice president and Cabinet challenge it again within 4 days.
🔹 If there’s a dispute
Congress must decide the issue.
They have 21 days to vote.
A 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate is required to keep the vice president as Acting President.
🔹 Key idea
Section 4 is essentially a constitutional backup plan for situations where a president is incapacitated (physically or mentally) but refuses to step down.
🔹 Has it ever been used?
No—Section 4 has never been fully invoked.
Other parts of the 25th Amendment (like temporary transfers of power) have been used, but this involuntary removal mechanism has not.
If you want, I can walk through real-world scenarios where people have discussed using Section 4 (for example during recent presidencies) and what made it controversial.
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment describes how the VP and cabinet can remove Trump for incapacity. That section requires a 2/3 majority of Congress to confirm his incapacity. Vance will very likely be able to execute such a coup after the midterms. All these congress people who are attacking him now will be put in the position of supporting his coup come January, when the incoming Congress is seated.
Now Trump’s out, Vance is a hero.
Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment establishes presidential term limits. It allows a VP who has been elevated to President to complete up to two years of their current term and remain eligible to be elected to two full terms themselves. So, after January 20th, Vance could finish out the last two years of Trump’s term. He gets to run as the incumbent rather than the former VP, and he remains eligible for the following election as well. Ten years in the White House instead of the usual four to eight.
He can easily overcome all of these attacks with a stroke of his pen come January. All he has to do is invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment on January 20th, and he’ll easily become the longest serving president since FDR.
I don’t get it?
Here’s a clear breakdown:
🔹 What it allows
It lets the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet declare that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
🔹 What happens next
The vice president immediately becomes Acting President.
🔹 If the president disagrees
The president can send a written declaration saying they are fit.
They get their powers back unless the vice president and Cabinet challenge it again within 4 days.
🔹 If there’s a dispute
Congress must decide the issue.
They have 21 days to vote.
A 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate is required to keep the vice president as Acting President.
🔹 Key idea
Section 4 is essentially a constitutional backup plan for situations where a president is incapacitated (physically or mentally) but refuses to step down.
🔹 Has it ever been used?
No—Section 4 has never been fully invoked. Other parts of the 25th Amendment (like temporary transfers of power) have been used, but this involuntary removal mechanism has not.
If you want, I can walk through real-world scenarios where people have discussed using Section 4 (for example during recent presidencies) and what made it controversial.
I did not use chatgpt.
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment describes how the VP and cabinet can remove Trump for incapacity. That section requires a 2/3 majority of Congress to confirm his incapacity. Vance will very likely be able to execute such a coup after the midterms. All these congress people who are attacking him now will be put in the position of supporting his coup come January, when the incoming Congress is seated.
Now Trump’s out, Vance is a hero.
Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment establishes presidential term limits. It allows a VP who has been elevated to President to complete up to two years of their current term and remain eligible to be elected to two full terms themselves. So, after January 20th, Vance could finish out the last two years of Trump’s term. He gets to run as the incumbent rather than the former VP, and he remains eligible for the following election as well. Ten years in the White House instead of the usual four to eight.