Don't get carried away , just yet. Pelosi announces bill on 25th Amendment after questioning Trump's health House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced legislation to create a commission that would allow Congress to oust a president from office, using the 25th Amendment, a day after she accused President Trump of being "in an altered state" from his coronavirus treatment. "This is not about President Trump," Pelosi maintained Friday. "He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents."
One further item----it would violate the separation of powers implicit in The Constitution. The President is not a Prime Minister who answers to Parliament.
Of course, CNN has been pushing this all day... Trump is getting increasingly desperate, sparking new fears for his health https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/donald-trump-health-coronavirus-election-2020/index.html
Kamala Harris and the Cabinet can use the 25th Amendment just as it is written to remove Biden, should he be elected. They don't need a new law----unless they are worried about getting 2/3 of Congreff to approve removal. I rather think, they are playing this for the election this year because they are worried that Trump has a good chance of being reelected.
Trump abandoned stimulus discussions leaving the house nothing to do to help the American people. So now they have time to look at the 25th. Trump's mistake leaving them with idle hands.
Trump will take a 'medical evaluation' administered by a Fox News doctor on TV, the network says https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-medical-test-fox-news-doctor-tucker-carlson-2020-10 President Donald Trump will be interviewed by Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson on Friday,the network announced. It will be Trump's first on-camera interview since being diagnosed with COVID-19 last week. Fox News said that Trump will be examined by the network's resident medical expert, Dr. Marc Siegel. Siegel has been accused of pushing coronavirus misinformation in the past. The president has claimed that he has recovered from the virus, but was heard coughing and sounding hoarse in a phone-in interview with Fox News on Thursday night. President Donald Trump will appear in his first on-camera interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Friday,the network announced. It will be Trump's first interview since being diagnosed with COVID-19 last week. The president, who is planning a series of in-person campaign rallies starting this weekend, appears keen to quell concerns that he is still sick with the virus. According to Fox News, the network's resident medical expert, Dr. Marc Siegel, "conduct a medical evaluation and interview" of the president during the show. Siegel, an associate professor of medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center, has spread coronavirus misinformation in the past. Like Trump, he has repeatedly pushed the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 cure in Fox News interviews, and inMarch falselyclaimed the disease was no worse than the common flu. Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on October 1, meaning thatunder CDC guidelineshe should self-isolate for two weeks, and only come out of isolation if symptom free. But Trump has repeatedly ignored the guidelines preventing him from infecting others, as he seeks to portray himself as having conquered the disease and ready to resume his reelection campaign. In a Thursday night phone-in interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump said that he hoped to hold a rally in Florida on Saturday, and in Pennsylvania on Sunday. During the interview Trumpstarted coughing and sounded hoarse at times, but insisted that he felt "really good." Supporters at previous Trump rallies have been packed tightly together, with few wearing masks. The Trump campaign has said that temperature screenings are performed before rallies, and disinfectant hand sanitizer provided. In the Thursday interview,Trump dodged questionsabout whether he had yet tested negative for the coronavirus. The White House has also refused to reveal when Trump last tested negative, which would help establish when he got infected. On Thursday Trump's personal physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said that the president could make a "safe return to public engagements" on Saturday. Conley said the president "responded extremely well to treatment" and that "since returning home, his physical exam has remained stable and devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness."
Just seems the mechanisms for replacing the President if needed due to illness, etc. are all ready in place. Pelosi’s bill circumvents that, giving power to the House.
Its just a show.. Pelosi hoping to harm Trump in the election. The bill would never pass the Senate. The VP would never sign on. Its hand waving and teeth gnashing. I knew Pelosi would get nasty leading up to November 3rd but I am a bit surprised by this. Even the talk of court packing is nonsense. A republican majority senate would not allow it. The democrats would have to make a clean sweep of the House, Senate and Executive and that seems unlikely.