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'No question' a Republican House will impeach Joe Biden: CNN legal analyst
16 Jun 2022 1:06 pm
No, that's not going to work. Congress cannot pass a law on its own without the President signing off, or getting a veto proof super majority. That veto-proof super majority isn't going to happen. A simple majority has never been used to pass a law without the president's signature. That's why I glazed over that part of what the 25th Amendment says - our discussion will just get bogged down in something that simply isn't going to happen.Zeets2 » 16 Jun 2022, 12:52 pm » wrote: ↑ I don't think you're interpreting the 25th Amendment completely or correctly. Sec. 4 states that, "Whenever the VP and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments OR OF SUCH OTHER BODY AS CONGRESS (highlight is mine) MAY BY LAW PROVIDE, TRANSMIT TO THE PRESIDENT PROTEMPORE OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THEIR WRITTEN DECLARATION THAT THE PRESIDENT IS UNABLE TO DISCHARGE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE, the VP shall IMMEDIATELY assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President."
To my understanding, that means that should Republicans gain control of both the House and the Senate, THEY HAVE THE POWER to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove a sitting president providing they have majorities in both houses that agree in writing to invoke that amendment.
A president suffering from obvious dementia and cognitive reasoning as Biden has is precisely why the 25th was written. This fool needs to be in a park feeding the ducks, and NOT with complete control of our nuclear arsenal!
Now, if the Constitution said something like "...or as a resolution passed by majorities in both chambers of Congress...", I'd agree with your interpretation. However, it clearly says "BY LAW", and we both know there are only two ways for laws to get passed.