Unable : the law, politics, and limits of Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment /
Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution - covering presidential incapacity - has been a frequent topic of public discussion. But few understand how this amendment really works. Unable : The Law, Politics, and Limits of Section 4 of the Twenty-Fift...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019
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Table of Contents:
- I. How Section 4 works
- Section 4 basics
- Correcting a few misconceptions
- Trickier questions
- II. History : fact and fiction
- Presidential disability before Section 4
- Section 4 : creation, evolution, and approval
- Presidential inability since 1967
- Section 4 in fiction
- III. Section 4 in "practice"
- Section 4's simple core
- Tough calls
- The four-day wait
- Other questions
- Don't just sit there, do something!
- IV. Section 4 in theory
- Section 4 and constitutional law
- Improving Section 4