Tuesday, January 11, 2005
MSS: The madness of King George, and the 25th Amendment
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
I think it's time. Alas, the VP is as mad as a hatter himself, and the Cabinet is full of undistinguished sycophants, but file this provision in the back of your mind. Bush's mental incapacity could have a silver lining.
