That’s the text all right, but the text also says that all the President has to do is present Congress with a “written declaration that no inability exists” to get his job back. So as long as the President has the mental acuity to write a letter, he gets his job back. Not a high bar at all, and your “psychotic menace” or “nervous breakdown” Presidents can still write a letter.
If the president objects, the matter goes before Congress, which can decide with a two-thirds vote to permanently remove the president and install the vice president.
Yes, and that process involves a higher threshold (2/3 of both houses) than impeachment (1/2 of the House and 2/3 of the Senate). It also needs the VP to agree.
So if impeachment won’t work, then this won’t work either.
Except for the 25th you have his cabinet turning on him first, and that’s a big deal. If his cabinet doesn’t have faith in him, I would suspect that the house and senate would see that as a big deal.
That’s the text all right, but the text also says that all the President has to do is present Congress with a “written declaration that no inability exists” to get his job back. So as long as the President has the mental acuity to write a letter, he gets his job back. Not a high bar at all, and your “psychotic menace” or “nervous breakdown” Presidents can still write a letter.
Yes, and that process involves a higher threshold (2/3 of both houses) than impeachment (1/2 of the House and 2/3 of the Senate). It also needs the VP to agree.
So if impeachment won’t work, then this won’t work either.
Except for the 25th you have his cabinet turning on him first, and that’s a big deal. If his cabinet doesn’t have faith in him, I would suspect that the house and senate would see that as a big deal.
If his condition is in decline and this is not the last stupid thing he does it might become more likely.
Right, because that’s possible.