Well, apparently the Vice President has assumed Presidential powers for the next few hours while Bush undergoes surgery. Under Section 3 of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
Personally, I probably am not fit to act as the President on any given Tuesday or Thursday night after a couple Miller Lites (which is of course when most of my policy ideas come out). Maybe this leader of the free world gig would be less exhausting if the President could take some time off and temporarily surrender his powers.
"Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President."What surprises me somewhat, is that since the 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967 it has been invoked only two other times. Bush himself has used it once before, and Regan used it once. I find it somewhat startling that no one else has surrendered their Presidential powers temporarily. In the last six years, I personally can think of three or four medical emergencies that would have rendered me at least temporarily unfit to act as President. No one has has a root canal as President?
Personally, I probably am not fit to act as the President on any given Tuesday or Thursday night after a couple Miller Lites (which is of course when most of my policy ideas come out). Maybe this leader of the free world gig would be less exhausting if the President could take some time off and temporarily surrender his powers.
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