Documents from Carter's Contemplated Use of Section 3 (1978)

Authors

Robert J. Lipshutz
Office of White House Counsel

Files

Description

Forms drafted in response to the possibility that President Carter might undergo hemorrhoid surgery under anesthesia. Handwritten notes at the end of the document relate to the draft language and the procedures for notifying congressional leaders of the transfer of powers. The author of the notes is unclear.

Start Date

12-22-1978

Keywords

25th Amendment, Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Presidential Succession, Vice Presidential Succession, Constitution