Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional law constitutional provision

The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment	1
Section 2 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment	0
Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment	0
Section 1 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment	0
Twenty-fifth Amendment	1
U.S. Const. amend. XXV	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedBy	United States of America ⓘ
appliesToOffice	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	Vice President and a majority of the principal officers of the executive departments to declare the President unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office ⓘ Vice President and such other body as Congress may by law provide to declare the President unable ⓘ
cameIntoEffectInDecade	1960s ⓘ
citation	Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XXV
clarifies	procedures for dealing with presidential inability ⓘ procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President ⓘ procedures for presidential succession ⓘ
containsSection	Section 1 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ Section 2 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment
country	United States of America ⓘ
defines	that the Vice President becomes President upon the removal, death, or resignation of the President ⓘ
definesRole	Vice President of the United States ⓘ surface form: Acting President
ensures	orderly transfer of presidential power in cases of death, resignation, removal, or inability ⓘ
establishes	procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President ⓘ
hasLegalEffectOn	continuity of the executive branch ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
motivatedBy	concerns about presidential succession and disability ⓘ
numberInSequence	25 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1965-07-06 ⓘ
providesFor	involuntary transfer of presidential powers and duties to the Vice President ⓘ procedure for resolving disputes when the President contests a declaration of inability ⓘ resumption of presidential powers by the President upon written declaration ⓘ voluntary transfer of presidential powers and duties to the Vice President ⓘ
ratifiedAfter	assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1967-02-10 ⓘ
requires	confirmation of the Vice President by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress ⓘ nomination of a Vice President by the President ⓘ two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to keep the Vice President as Acting President over the President’s objection ⓘ written declaration by the President to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ⓘ written declaration to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ⓘ
subject	presidential disability ⓘ presidential succession ⓘ vice presidential vacancy ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VPOTUS → alsoMentionedIn → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Birch Bayh → authorOf → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Presidential Succession Act → basedOn → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → citation → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XXV

Vice President of the United States → constitutingInstrument → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

VP → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Vice President of the United States

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → containsSection → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment

24th Amendment to the United States Constitution → followedBy → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Birch Bayh → notableWork → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twenty-fifth Amendment

Presidential Succession Act → relatedTo → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ