The 25th Amendment

MelRodriguez
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‎10-13-2017 06:44 AM

“It’s easier to impeach than invoke the 25th Amendment,” Rosen added, “which is why no president has ever been removed under the disability provision of the 25th Amendment.”

 

Are your students asking about the 25th amendment?  Will they have to Google it along with most of America? The answers are complicated.

Here is an interesting talk piece for the classroom: What is the 25th Amendment and why does it matter for Trump? | McClatchy Washington Bureau 

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smccormack
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‎10-16-2017 03:13 PM

Thanks for posting this Melissa.  Looking forward to sharing it with my students this week.

About the Author
Suzanne K. McCormack, PhD, is Professor of History at the Community College of Rhode Island where she teaches US History, Black History and Women's History. She received her BA from Wheaton College (Massachusetts), and her MA and PhD from Boston College. She is currently at work on a study of the treatment of women with mental illness in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Massachusetts and Rhode Island.