This section contains articles and publications related to presidential succession, including: articles written by Dean Feerick at the time of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment’s drafting; articles from three symposia at Fordham Law School, one on the vice presidency and two on the adequacy of the presidential succession system; and, the reports by Fordham Law School’s first and second Presidential Succession Clinics.

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Submissions from 1963

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The Problem of Presidential Inability--Will Congress Ever Solve It?, John D. Feerick

Submissions from 1966

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Vice Presidential Succession: In Support of the Bayh-Celler Plan , John D. Feerick
South Carolina Law Review

Submissions from 1995

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Twenty-Fifth Amendment: An Explanation and Defense, The, John D. Feerick
Wake Forest Law Review

Submissions from 2012

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Ensuring the Stability of Presidential Succession in the Modern Era, Fordham University School of Law's Clinic on Presidential Succession

Submissions from 2022

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Opening Address, John D. Feerick

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Keynote Address, Jeh C. Johnson

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The Relationship Between the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, John Rogan

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Problems with the Legislative Succession Provisions of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Norm J. Ornstein

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | A Defense of the Legislative “Officer” Succession Provisions, Seth Barrett Tillman

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The Bumping Provisions of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947: Policy and Constitutional Considerations, Americo Cinquegrana

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The Twentieth Amendment, the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, and Pre-Inaugural Problems, Brian C. Kalt

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The 1947 Act and the Judiciary: Would the Courts Decide Who is President?, Gregory F. Jacob

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The Incumbency “Requirement” in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947: Policy and Constitutional Considerations, James Ronan

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | How Close Has the United States Come to Having Lawmakers Succeed to the Presidency?, Roy E. Brownell II

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Proposals to Reform the 1947 Act and How Reform Could Be Effectuated, John C. Fortier

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Carl Albert, Bipartisanship, and Presidential Succession: Lessons from Watergate, Joseph J. Fins

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Continuity of Government Efforts, Garrett M. Graff

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Presidential and Vice Presidential Illness and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Rose McDermott

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | A White House Counsel’s Perspective on Presidential Health and the Line of Succession, Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.

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The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Nuclear Weapons and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Rebecca C. Lubot

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An Anniversary Best Uncelebrated: The 75th Year of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Roy E. Brownell II and John Rogan