The 25th Amendment: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and What Keeps Happening To It
The 25th Amendment has been invoked for colonoscopies and vacancy appointments. Section 4 — the involuntary removal mechanism — has never once been successfully used in American history. This week it was called for again, by members of both parties, in response to Trump’s Iran ultimatum.
Here’s what the amendment actually requires, what it has actually been used for, and why the pattern of reaching for it as a political tool matters regardless of which party is doing it.
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