Hearing: Relating to the Death of a President-Designate Between the General Election and Inauguration

Authors

Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.

Files

Description

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on presidential succession in the pre-inaugural period, addressing what would happen if the winning presidential and vice presidential candidates became unavailable before they were sworn into office. The following witnesses testified at the hearing: former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh; Assistant Attorney General Walter Dillinger; Federal Election Commission Chairman Trevor Potter; Yale Law School Professor Akhil Reed Amar; and Georgetown University Professor Walter Berns.

Start Date

2-2-1994

Publisher

U.S. Government Printing Office

City

Washington, D.C.

Keywords

Twenty-Fifth Amendment, 25th Amendment, Senate History, Legislative History