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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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