Why the 25th Amendment will probably not be invoked for Trump [View all]

In a must read post by Amaryllis, Miles Taylor says there were serious discussions by Trump’s cabinet in 2018 to invoke the 25th Amendment. He also explains the problems with that process.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221151682

Here’s the money quote:

“Let me explain. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, as codified in 1967, allows the vice president and a majority of the heads of the fifteen executive departments to declare the president unfit and strip him of his powers, but Congress can reverse the determination within twenty-one days. Back then, a reversal was likely. It’s even more likely today. The GOP House and Senate would never cross this president so brazenly, regardless of the imminent mortal danger he might pose to the republic or how mentally impaired he might be.”

Republicans aren’t going to save us.