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Current Volume: Volume 91 (2022)
Conference Proceedings
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Opening Address
John D. Feerick
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Keynote Address
Jeh C. Johnson
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | History of the Legislative Succession Provisions in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Joel K. Goldstein
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Problems with the Legislative Succession Provisions of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Norm J. Ornstein
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | A Defense of the Legislative “Officer” Succession Provisions
Seth Barrett Tillman
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The Bumping Provisions of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947: Policy and Constitutional Considerations
Americo Cinquegrana
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | The 1947 Act and the Judiciary: Would the Courts Decide Who is President?
Gregory F. Jacob
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Proposals to Reform the 1947 Act and How Reform Could Be Effectuated
John C. Fortier
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | How Close Has the United States Come to Having Lawmakers Succeed to the Presidency?
Roy E. Brownell II
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Carl Albert, Bipartisanship, and Presidential Succession: Lessons from Watergate
Joseph J. Fins
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Presidential and Vice Presidential Illness and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Rose McDermott