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1/14 When Reagan was shot, Alexander Haig got a lot of crap about the
line of succession and the 25th ammendment. I looked at the
25th ammendment and I can't find anything about the speaker
of the house comming after the VP and the secy. of state coming
5th. Is it stated in the constitution anywhere?
\_ yes.
\_ I heard the same thing after 9/11 when they talked about why they
were keeping Cheney away from Bush.
\- hello. q.v. Article XXV is on minimal requirements on
presidential sucession. the exact details and procedures consitent
with this scheme is spelled out in a congressional acts (per II.1.6)
general recommendation: there is a good edition of the
consititution of the US printed by the govt printing office with
a lot of tactical info and a good index. it's probably a couple
of bucks.
as we have learned with election 2000, the "u.s. govt finite state
machine" doenst have all of its i's dotted and t's crossed.
ok tnx --psb
\_ How about those executive orders? I don't see anything in
the constitution giving the president law-making powers.
\_ and I see nothing in the constitution that forbids it.
\_ To properly answer your question, NO, it is not specifically
listed in the US Constitution. The 25th amendment does allow
Congress to set up the order of sucession in Article XXV. So all
the Constitution states is that it's up to Congress. Congress
currently has an Act in place that states the specific order of
sucession. Sorry, I don't remember where in the law books that
one is located at. I'll leave that an exercise for the reader. |
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